Darren Straight's Blog

If you are a smoker and were to stop smoking right now, this is what apparently would happen to your body:

• 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.
• 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.

Via: Rob | Healthbot

1. mondine says:

   October 19, 2006 at 9:23 am

   Having done this a couple of times, I can tell you that after about 48 hours, you’re ready to choke the life out the next person that asks “How’s it going?”.

   Smoking saves lives.
2. zafar says:

   November 1, 2006 at 9:50 pm

   and if you keep smoking, after 15 years you go to your own funeral!