Even with all of the smoking bans, health warnings and science to prove how harmful smoking can be, people still choose to smoke.
As soon as you quit smoking, your body starts repairing the damage immediately, starting a series of countless health
changes that will continue for years :
- After 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal.
- After 8 hours oxygen levels in the blood return to normal and chances of heart attack start to fall.
- After 24 hours, harmful carbon monoxide is removed from the body. The lungs start to clear out.
- After 48 hours, nicotine gets completely washed off from body. You can taste and smell things better.
- After 72 hours, your breathing becomes easier and your energy levels increase.
- Within 2-12 weeks, your blood circulation improves and you can walk briskly.
- Within 3-9 months, your breathing problems like coughing, breathlessness improve.
- In 5 years, your risk of heart attack is reduced to about half of that of a smoker.
- In 10 years, your risk of lung cancer falls to about half of that of a smoker.
Quit Smoking……..
Keep Smiling Always…….
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