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Q: What are the health effects of quitting smoking?
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What Happens When Quitting Smoking
Within the first 24 hours of quitting smoking, there are many beneficial things your body will experience:
- Drop in blood pressure
- Elevates temperature in hands and feet
- Oxygen levels become normal
- Your chance of a heart attack decreases
In as short as 48 hours, you will begin to recover a part of your smell and taste, as well as a restoration of some nerve endings.
Why Quit Smoking?
In addition to eliminating many health risks, to quit smoking also means:
- Tasting food and beverages much better
- An increase in oxygen intake which keeps you feeling energized and overall more healthy
- Smelling increases signifigantly
1-9 months After Quitting Smoking
After 48 hours- - Sense of smell and taste increases - Nerve endings begin regrowth
After 72 hours- - Breathing becomes easier after bronchial tubes relax - Lung capacity increases
After 2-3 months- - Lung ability increases by as much as 30% - Circulation improves - Walking is easier
Between 1 and 9 months- - Body energy level increases - Lungs increase their ability to handle mucus - Shortness of breath decreases
After 5 Years Without a Cigarette
After 5 years of not smoking, the risk of death due to lung cancer decreases by 50%, and after ten years your chance of lung cancer is about equal to a non smoker.
Pre cancerous cells are replaced as well, and the chance of getting other types of cancer is decreased.
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Can smoking cause an ear infection called "Ortitis" as I have had this problem for 8 years and I was wondering if smoking contributed to this infection.
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I stopped smoking with the patch about a week ago and now I feel I am detoxing, what can I do
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