What happens to the body in the first days, months and years after quitting smoking

A doctor helped to “look” inside a person who gave up cigarettes.

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According to the therapist, positive results will occur immediately.

20 minutes after the refusal. The pressure decreases, it becomes closer to normal.

8 hours. The level of carbon monoxide is reduced by half, but oxygen becomes more.

48 hours. The risk of a heart attack decreases. Nicotine completely leaves the body.

72 hours. Bronchioles begin to function at full strength.

2 weeks. A person has irritability, it becomes easier to communicate with people.

3-9 months. Even a heavy smoker's cough disappears. Lungs add ten percent to their properties.

12 months. The risk of getting a heart attack is reduced by 2 times.

5 years. strong> Reduces the risk of stroke. To the level as if a person had never smoked.

10 years. The risk of cancer becomes the same as before smoking.

15 years.< /strong> The risk of a heart attack is on a par with nicotine addiction.