So what happens to your body when you quit smoking? You want to quit, you recognize the benefits, you know you should quit, because you also recognize the consequences if you don't. But so often it's much easier to reach for another cigarette to calm you nerves instead of seeing the quitting process through, especially if you just had to deal with a stressful situation. The benefits of quitting and the dangers of keeping on smoking still seem pretty far away. You're not sick yet and if you have to wait for years for your lungs to clean up, why should you start today. Tomorrow is as good a day to start as any. So you wait another day, and another...
What happens to your body when you quit smoking - right now?
In 20 minutes your blood pressure will return to its normal level.
What happens to your body when you quit smoking - in the next few hours and days?
In 8 hours the levels of carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) in your blood stream will have dropped by 50 %, and oxygen levels will go back to their normal level.
In 48 hours your risk of suffering a heart attack will have lowered. You body's nicotine level will be at zero. Your sense of smell and taste will return to normal.
In 72 hours your bronchial branches will start relaxing, and your levels of energy will rise.
What happens to your body when you quit smoking - in the next few weeks and months?
In 2 weeks you will experience an increase in your circulation, and for the next 10 weeks it will continue to improve.
In three to nine months breathing problems, coughing and wheezing will decrease while you will experience 10 % improvement in your lung capacity.
What happens to your body when you quit smoking - in the next few years?
In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will lower by 50 %.
In 5 years your risk of having a stroke will be like that of a non-smoker.
In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have reduced to that of a non-smoker.
So, yes, for some of the benefits of quitting smoking you have to wait a few years, and even to reach those, the sooner you quit, the faster you get those benefits too. But there are immediate benefits of what happens to your body when you quit smoking right away. In twenty minutes after your last cigarette you start benefitting. So as far as I can see the very best time to quit is right now.
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