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Smoking is known to cause serious harm to health, such as cancer, heart and lung disease, and other diseases. But can the body return to its previous state after quitting smoking? What happens to the body after quitting smoking?
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease and other negative effects on the body, but quitting will give your body a chance to renew itself, so how long does it take to get rid of all the effects of smoking?
Put out the cigarette and quit smoking today before tomorrow, this is the slogan that is heard everywhere, but how long does it take for the body to get rid of the effects of smoking and the risks it entails? The American Cancer Society has clarified the phases that the body goes through after definitively quitting smoking, as reported by the magazine “Fetbook” and “Focus”.
The first day after the last cigarette
Twenty minutes after the last cigarette, heart rate and blood pressure level decrease, while the level of carbon monoxide in the blood that comes from nicotine decreases after eight hours. Once 24 hours have passed, the risk of a heart attack drops dramatically.
some days later
The senses of taste and smell deteriorate due to smoking, but these two senses return to normal within two days of quitting smoking.
Three months later
After two or three months, the lungs recover somewhat. And here you notice a difference in the breathing process, especially during sports.
Nine months later
The cough and shortness of breath subside after the sinuses become more visible than they often were during the smoking period.
Five years later
During this time, the risk of having a stroke is reduced by half.
10 years later
Ten years after quitting smoking, the risk of fatal lung cancer is cut in half. The same is true for the risk of cancers of the trachea, oesophagus, kidney, pancreas and mouth.
15 years later
15 years after you quit smoking, your body is in the same position it was in before your first cigarette.
