What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?
by Wade Meredith on July 19th, 2006


I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.

In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.

In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.

In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.

In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.

In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.

In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half
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In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.

In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

So, you have more immediate things to look forward

In all honesty, congrats!!
Has food started to taste different?

The first thing I noticed was I started to like green veggies a lot more.
I even started to crave Lima beans

recovering your sense of smell isn’t always a good thing. There are a LOT of nasty smells in the world. Bleh.

CarrieMpls said:

Just clean the kitty litter box more often.

And start showering every day, insteadof just once every three days.

Stinky.

HamsterHuey said:

hahahahahahahaha.

I was talking about other people.

CarrieMpls said:

Owwwww. I didn't know Dan lived near to you.

You're Mr emoticon today.

Congrats. I crave a cigar now.

Great news, worthy of a joint me thinks.

Imago said:

Did you even read my post?


I taste salt a lot more. In everything. And I don't like it.

I've always liked green veggies. And lima beans.

Cloudbuster said:

How bout a shag instead?

CarrieMpls said:

no, I didn't read it

Next time, try and post something a little more...oh what's the word I'm looking for... interesting.

Imago said:

Oh, I'll post something interesting alright. On your FACE.

CarrieMpls said:

CarrieMpls said:

That never gets old