Just 20 minutes after quitting - When you stop smoking, within 20 minutes your heart rate drops and your blood pressure returns to normal.
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One day after quitting - Within one day of quitting, the body cleanses itself of the excess carbon monoxide in your body from tobacco products.
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One day after quitting - After one day, the risk of heart disease and smoking-related high blood pressure drops.
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Three days after quitting - After three days of quitting, nicotine levels will have depleted and the body will begin to crave it.
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One month to three months after quitting-From one month until three months, circulation in the body will continue to improve and your lung capacity will continue to improve.
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Three months after quitting - After three months of stopping, women’s fertility is improved, and the risk of giving birth prematurely is decreased.
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Six months after quitting - After six months, quitters will stop coughing up as much mucus and phlegm, and their airways will be much less inflamed.
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Six months after quitting - After six months, you will also find that you handle stressful events a lot easier without feeling the need to smoke.
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Nine months after quitting - Around this time (nine months), long-term smokers will have noticed a decrease in lung infections, such as bronchitis.
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One year after quitting - After one year of quitting, a person’s risk of coronary heart disease will be cut in half. The risk of this disease will continue to decrease.
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Three years after quitting - After three years of stopping smoking, the risk of a heart attack will have decreased to that of a non-smoker.
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About 10 years after quitting - After 10 years, a person’s chances of developing lung cancer and dying from it are cut in half compared to someone who continues to smoke.
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About 10 years after quitting - The risk of developing mouth, throat, bladder, kidney, or pancreatic cancer has also significantly reduced around the 10-year mark.
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Some 15 years after quitting - After 15 years of not smoking, the risk of coronary heart disease is also the same as that of someone who never smoked.
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Some 15 years after quitting - After 15 years, the risk of developing pancreatic cancer is also reduced to that of someone who never smoked.
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About 20 years after quitting - After 20 years of not smoking, the risk of death from smoking-related diseases drops to the level of a person who has never smoked before.