It’s never too late for anything, not even when it comes to quitting a habit as addictive as smoking. It must have crossed your mind every once in a while, or a harmless advice by a friend must’ve called for a consideration to end the habit.
The following read will be more like a journey to make you understand what it’ll be like to quit smoking.
2O MINUTES AFTER YOUR LAST SMOKE
Any time is the right time to quit smoking, because within 20 minutes after your last cigarette, the human body starts showing signs of betterment. The heart rate starts going back to normal and so does the blood pressure.
TWO HOURS AFTER YOUR LAST SMOKE
Further into time, the blood pressure and heart rate drop down to near normal levels. An important thing to note here is that nicotine withdrawal symptoms start becoming vivid about two hours after the last smoke. These include increase in appetite, anxiety and decreased sleep.
12 HOURS AFTER GIVING UP
Cigarette smoking causes carbon monoxide levels to increase in the blood. It is harmful and can even kill a person. Here is the good news: carbon monoxide levels start decreasing and going back to normal about 12 hours after quitting.
A DAY AFTER QUITTING
A day after giving up cigarette smoking, carbon monoxide has been removed from your body. This carbon monoxide that was preventing the transport and take up of oxygen to the different cells, tissues and organs of the body can’t do that anymore, making transport less hindered than before. Also, at this point, the lungs start getting cleared from the mucus and smoking debris, making breathing easier.
FIVE YEARS AFTER QUITTING
One of the most important consequences of quitting smoking is the decline in the risk of long-term diseases. The probability of a heart attack in a person who has quit smoking for about five years is almost half compared to a smoker’s.
Originally Published In HTV.com
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