What Happens to Your Body When You Stop SmokingHave you ever wondered what would happen to your body if you did stop smoking, even if you smoked for many years? You probably think that your body is so damaged that giving up smoking won’t change anything. Well if you think this you may not realize it but the minute you stop smoking your body undergoes changes immediately. What kinds of changes? Consider these: Within twenty minutes after you stop smoking you will find your heart rate will drop. If the doctor took your blood and tested it, he would find the level of carbon monoxide in your blood would have dropped to normal. After about two or maybe three weeks, your heart starts healing and your lungs begin to function better. If you hang in there and don’t start smoking again, after about a month to nine months later, you will notice your coughing will ease and you will not have so much shortness of breath. After a year of not smoking, your cardiac system will improve tremendously. The blood flow through the heart will improve and you will gain much energy. If you do not smoke for the next five years, your chances of developing cancer or heart attack diminish to half that of smoker’s. As you can see, by stopping the habit of smoking, your body heals and recovers for you, thereby bringing you back to optimum health. |
