Immediately
- The air around you is no longer dangerous to children and other adults.
20 minutes
- Blood pressure drops to normal levels.
- Your pulse drops to normal levels.
- The temperature of your hands and feet increase to normal.
8 hours
- Carbon Monoxide level in your bloodstream drops to normal.
- Oxygen level in your bloodstream drops to normal.
24 hours
- Your chance of having a heart attack starts to decrease.
48 hours
- Your senses of smell and taste improve
2 to 12 weeks
- Circulation improves
- Breathing improves
1 to 9 months
- Coughing decreases
- Sinus congestion decreases
- Shortness of breath decreases
- Energy levels increase
- Ability of lungs to self clean and reduce infection increases.
5 years
- Risk of having a stroke is similar to a non smoker
10 years
- Life expectancy is similar to a nonsmoker
- Risk of dying from lung cancer is 1/2 of a smoker
- Risk of developing oral, throat, esophageal, bladder, kidney and pancreatic cancer decreases.
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