10 Amazing Things That Happen When You Quit Smoking

Surely, you know many reasons to quit cancer, the first one among them is that smoking causes cancer and you need to quit if you want to live a better and healthier life. However, there are plenty of other health benefits you receive when you stop, and they begin showing almost immediately.

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Learn what happens when you quit smoking.

1. In about 20 minutes, your pulse rate will decrease, which will cause a drop in your blood pressure as well. Your hands and feet will also heat up as their temperature will increase slightly.

2. Within 12 hours, the toxic carbon monoxide content in your blood stream will fall and return to normal. The level of oxygen in your blood will automatically return to standard.

3. In 24 hours time, your risks of having a heart attack will fall below danger line.

4. Just in 2 days, you will be able to smell and taste better as your senses begin to function better and regain normalcy. You will be able to experience a refreshed life.

5. Between 2 weeks and a couple of months, your physiological reflexes will improve, your blood circulation will get better and you will be able to move your limbs more effortlessly as your muscles become relaxed. Your lungs will also begin to function much better. You will cease to have respiratory problems and will stop coughing and wheezing.

6. Within 9 months, you will experience significantly less fatigue, boredom, weakness, frustration and headache. What is more, you will have less respiratory problems as by now your lungs will have attained significantly improved functionality. The risks of lung infections will also decrease drastically.

7. In 1 year, the risk of heart attack and other heart diseases will reduce up to 50% of what it was when you were a smoker.

8. After 5 years, you will no longer be under the threat of having a stroke – it will now be same as that of a non-smoker.

9. By 10 years, risks of cancerous cells developing in several parts of your body will reduce enormously – including your mouth, throat, esophagus, gall bladder, kidney and pancreas. The risk of lung cancer becomes similar to that of a non-smoker.

10. In 15 years, your physiology will be similar to a person who has never smoked before. All threats to your health, whether it is cancer or any heart related disease, will be wiped off and you have a higher chance of dying as someone who has never touched a cigarette.

Too many benefits not to try!