Thursday, 14 March 2019

What happens in your body when you stop smoking?

When you stop SMOKING,
Following changes occur in your body,

After 20 minutes,your heart rate drops.

After 12 hours
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal.

After 1 week
Oral lesions starts reducing.

2 weeks to 3 months
Your heart attack risk begins to drop.Lung functions begins to improve.

After 1to 9months
Coughing and shortness of breath decreases.

1year
Your added risk of coronary heart disease is
Half that of smokers.

After 5year's
Stroke risk is reduced to that of non smokers 5 to 15 year's after quitting.

After 10year's
Lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker.your risk of cancer of mouth,throat,esophagus,pancreas,bladder,kidney decreases.

After 15year's
Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a non smoker.





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