What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?
December 14th, 2006 by gaurav | Filed under .Usually everyone has few close ones/ friends who smoke and you keep telling them to stop this bad habit of smoking as it is injurious to health; it effects your lungs; shortens your life span and what not. But really what happens to smokers if they stop smoking right now.
- In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
- In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
- In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. - Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
- In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
- In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
- In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
- In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
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