Benefits of Smoking Cessation

Health Benefits of Stopping Smoking

Within 20 minutes of quitting, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years to come:

20 Minutes After Quitting
Your heart rate and blood pressure returns to normal.

8 Hour After Quitting
Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide levels in the blood drop in half; oxygen levels are back to normal.

24 Hours After Quitting 
Body clear of carbon monoxide; mucous and smoking debris start to clear from your lungs.

2 Days After Quitting
Body is clear of nicotine. Taste and smell is improved.

3 Days After Quitting
Breathing is easier as bronchial tubes relax.  Energy levels increase.

2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting
Your circulation improves.  Your risk of having a heart attack begins to drop. You lungs begin to function and improve.  Your walking becomes easier.

3-9 Months After Quitting
Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease.  Lung function is increased by up to 10%.

1 Year After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease decreases to half that of a smoker.

5 Years After Quitting
Your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a non-smoker. Heart attack risk falls to half that of a smoker.

10 Years After Quitting
Your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker’s.  Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancrease decrease.

15 Years After Quitting
Risk of lung cancer only slightly greater than that of someone who has never smoked.  Heart attack risk falls to the same as a non-smoker.

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