After 20 minutes
Your blood pressure and pulse drops to normal.
After 8 hours
The level of carbon monoxide in your blood has dropped to normal, and the oxygen level increases to normal as well.
After 24 hours
Your risk of experiencing a heart attack reduces.
After 48 hours
Just two days later, your sense of smell and taste have improved, and your nerve endings begin to regenerate.
2 weeks – 3 months
During this period, you will have easier walking, your combustion improves, and your lung function increases with up to 30 percent.
1 – 9 months
Your body’s overall energy levels increase. You cough less and experience less breathlessness. The lungs begin to clean themselves, and the risk of infections reduces.
1 year
When you have been off the cigarettes for a year, the risk of having a heart disease is halved, compared to a smoker.
5 years
After 5 years, the mortality related to lung cancer is almost halved, compared to someone, smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. The risk of cancer of the mouth, neck and gullet is also halved. Finally, the risk of a stroke is now the same as a non-smoker.
10 years
After 10 years, the mortality related to lung cancer is the same as a non-smoker.
15 years
Well done! 15 years after you quit smoking, your risk of heart diseases is the same as a non-smoker!
References:
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2015/11/happens-body-quit-smoking-infographic/
