Stop Smoking Tips

In the last post I started listing what happens within 20 minutes after your last cigarette. Here the list continues with what happens to your health after you stop smoking.

By hour 72 your bronchial tubes, which have been constricted from the toxic fumes and gases from the cigarettes, will have relaxed and your energy levels will increase. You are able to breathe in more oxygen and your blood can now carry it to the cells in your body. This increases your energy level and gives you a feeling of well-being and health.

After the first 2 weeks your circulation will improve and will continue to show improvements for the next 10 weeks. Overlapping this time period is the three to ninth month period when your coughing, wheezing and breathing problems will decrease as your lung capacity will improve by 10%.

Throughout the next year you’ll continue to feel the improvements as your body heals from the attack of the toxic chemicals. In 1 year your risk of heart attack has dropped by half and by 5 years your risk of stroke will return to that of a non-smoker.

By 10 years of quitting your lungs will have healed enough that your risk of lung cancer returns to that of a non-smoker and by year 15 your risk of heart attack returns to that of a non-smoker.

It is important to realize what happens to your lungs when you stop smoking so that you remain motivated to continue your program and live a long and healthy life! These are some great reasons to stop smoking.

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