Quitting smoking, your body is already benefited from the first half hour of your last cigarette. In a publication of the regional office for the Western Mediterranean World Health Organization, find a chronology of the benefits stop smoking and snuff the smoker’s body once it has decided to leave this as harmful habit.
These benefits result not only in the immediate improvement of the ex-smoker, but medium and long term can be seen that the benefits are precisely the reduction in risk for dangerous and deadly diseases like cancer. In others, the risks of certain disorders or coronary heart disease, resembling that of non-smoking population.
I invite you to read these lines and become aware of you should quit, and if you , you affirm that you made the right decision when you left the snuff. Do not ever smoke anymore.
- 20 minutes -> decreased blood pressure and heart rate
- 8 hours -> nicotine blood levels fall by 93%
- 12 hours -> blood levels of carbon monoxide are normalized
Blood oxygen levels increase to normal values
- 24 -> no longer decta nicotine in the bloodstream.
- 48 to 72 hours -> Nerve endings start to grow again
The sense of taste and smell begin to improve.
The pulmonary alveoli begin to relax
Breathing is less difficult and lungs work better
The whole body is completely free of nicotine
Only 10% of metabolites from nicotine stay in your body.
- 10 days to 2 weeks -> The blood circulation in your gums and teeth is similar to nonsmokers.
- 2 to 4 weeks -> disappears anxiety, difficulty concentrating, impatience, insomnia, restlessness and depressed mood.
- 2 weeks to 3 months -> improves blood circulation.
improves walking ability
lung function improved by 30%
Improves appearance of skin as you lose the gray pallor and becomes less wrinkled.
Chronic cough disappears
Falling risk of heart attacks.
- 1 to 9 months -> cilia begin to grow again in the lungs of mucus favoring management, cleansing the lungs and reducing the risk of infection.
Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath.
Reduce colds, throat infections and headaches
Generally increases energy and concentration ability.
- 1 year -> The risk of coronary heart disease falls to half of a smoker
Reduces the risk of premature death from a heart attack.
- 5 years -> The risk of suffering a stroke is the same as that of nonsmokers
- 10 years -> The risk of dying from lung cancer is reduced by almost half compared to an average smoker smokes a pack a day.
Reduces the risk of cancer in the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas.
- 15 years -> The risk of coronary heart disease is similar to that of nonsmokers.
In short, the sooner you quit, the better. Start today and never smoke again
