Stop Smoking Health Benefits
The Surgeon General of the United States reports several significant health
benefits for people who quit smoking. These include:
- Within 20 minutes of quitting your heart rate drops,
- 12 hours after quitting your carbon monoxide levels drop back to
normal,
- 2 weeks to 3 months from quitting your heart attack risk begins
to drop and your lung function begins to improve,
- 1 to 9 months after quitting your coughing and shortness of
breath begins to decrease,
- 1 year after quitting your risk of coronary heart disease is half
that of a smoker,
- 5 years after quitting your stroke risk is reduced to that of a
non-smokers 5-15 years after quitting,
- 10 years after quitting your cancer death rate is about half that
of a smokers. Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, oesophagus,
bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases,
- 15 years after quitting your risk of coronary heart disease is
back to that of a non-smoker's.
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