This is what happens when you quit smoking – after 1 day, month, year, 5 years

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Heavy smokers who constantly give up cigarettes are doing something good for their bodies. After giving up nicotine, it recovers surprisingly quickly: some things change within hours, others take more than a decade to recover.

After a day, the body is filled with oxygen

The toxic waste products of the tobacco cigarette disappeared from the mucous membranes, and with them the unpleasant smell and taste. All organs are again better supplied with oxygen, physical performance increases.

After a week, everything tastes better

After 48 hours after quitting smoking, the sense of taste and smell is usually reduced in of smokers is beginning to recover. Smells and tastes are perceived more intensively. After three days without a tobacco cigarette, it became easier to breathe deeply.

After one (three) months, self-cleansing is in full swing

• Blood circulation is stabilized.
• Lung function improves.
• Physical exertion in everyday life and during sports is easier.

Facial skin, which often turns gray and yellowish from smoking, improves blood circulation And since the skin is externally renewed after 28 days, after a month the face looks more iridescent and fresh. However, wrinkles as a sign of rapid skin aging in smokers can no longer be eliminated.

After a year, the smoker's cough will be a thing of the past

The volume of the lungs increases, and the airways become free. They gradually get rid of deposits and mucus. Common complaints from smoking, such as coughing fits, sinus congestion or shortness of breath, are reduced.

After five years, the risk of cancer and heart is significantly reduced

Now ex-smokers are no longer worse off than current smokers when it comes to many diseases:

• 100% reduced risk of stroke
• 100% reduced risk of cervical cancer
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  • 50 percent lower risk of mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancer
  • 50 percent lower risk of heart attack

  After ten years, the lungs are in order again

  The risk of dying from lung cancer is reduced by about half. The risk of cancer of the larynx and pancreas decreases.

  After 15 years, the body is as healthy as a non-smoker

  The risk of coronary heart disease is definitely not higher than in non-smokers throughout life.

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