Health benefits
The health benefits to stopping smoking become apparent within minutes of stopping smoking. These include:
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- 20 minutes - Blood pressure and pulse return to normal
- 1 hour – Your circulation improves and your hands and feet feel warmer
- 8 hours – Nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in the body fall, oxygen levels in your blood return to normal
- 1 day – Your lungs begin to work better, and carbon monoxide is removed from your body
- 2 days – Your taste and smell improves, and nicotine is removed from your body
- 3 days – Breathing becomes easier and you start to have more energy too
- 2 weeks – Withdrawal symptoms begin to ease. Walking and daily tasks become easier to do
- 1 month – Withdrawal symptoms have stopped, while breathing and energy levels continue to improve
- 1 year – Risk of heart attack halved
- 10 years – Risk of lung cancer halved