When You Stop Smoking

20 min after:

Blood pressure and heart rate normalized, and blood circulation increases.

8 hours after:

The content of carbon monoxide in the blood are halved and your condition is improved .

24 hours after:

The risk of heart attack decreases.

48 hours after:

Carbon monoxide in the blood is gone. Smell and taste perception starts to become normal.

4 weeks:

Cough and shortness of breath disappears. Lungs are better able to fight infections.

1 year after:

The risk of getting heart disease is halved.

5 years after:

The risk of getting a cardiovascular disease is almost the same as never-smokers.

10 years after:

The risk of lung cancer has fallen by 50%.

15 years after:

The risk for getting lung cancer is almost the same as never-smokers.