After your last puff...

• Within 20 minutes of smoking your last cigarette, your body begins to restore itself and measurably improve your health. The sooner you quit, the more you can reduce your chances of smoking related health problems. That's why it is never too late to quit.
• After 20 minutes:  Your blood pressure drops to a level close to that before your last cigarette. The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal.
• After 8 hours:  The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
• After 24 hours:  Your chance of a heart attack decreases.
• Within 3 months:  Your circulation improves and your lung function increases up to 30%.
• In 1 to 9 months:  Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection.
• After 1 year:  The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
• After 5 years:  Stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker.
• After 10 years:  The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.
• After 15 years:  The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker's.

(Source: US Surgeon General)

The health benefits increase over time. They start fast once you quit smoking.

The reasons to stop smoking apply to all smokers.

The body's ability to heal is truly incredible. You just need to let it work and stop poisoning it with tobacco smoke.

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