| Within 20 minutes: |
Your blood pressure and pulse rate drop to normal. Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal.
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| Within 8 hours: |
Carbon monoxide levels in the blood drops to normal and oxygen levels in blood rise to normal. Smoker's breath disappears.
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| Within 24 hours: |
Chance of heart attack decreases.
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| Within 48 hours: |
Nerve endings start regrowing. Ability to taste and smell enhances.
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| Within 2 weeks to 3 months: |
Circulation improves. Walking becomes easier. lung function increases up to 30 percent.
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| Within 1 to 9 months: |
You'll cough less. Sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease. The cilia that sweep debris from your lungs will grow back. You'll feel more energetic.
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| Within 1 year: |
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
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| Within 2 years: |
Your heart attack risk drops to near normal.
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| Within 5 years: |
Lung cancer death rate for average former smoker (of one pack a day) decreases by almost half. Stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting. Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is half that of a smoker's.
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| Within 15 years: |
Risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker's.
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