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What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?
By Wade Meredith
From HealthBolt.net

I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is

because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.

• In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
• In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal
• In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
• In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
• In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
• In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improvesby 10%.
• In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
• In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to 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 returned to that of a non-smoker.

So, you have more immediate things to look forward to if you quit now besides just freaking out about not being able to smoke.

What Happens To Your Body If You Stop Smoking Right Now (ALTERNATE VERSION)

• In 20 minutes your nicotine levels have dropped enough that you begin to want a smoke...
• In 8 hours the craving is driving you nuts and smoking is the only thing you can think about...
• In 48 hours all nicotine has left your body and you start to shake...
• In 72 hours your tolerance for bullshit has dropped significantly and your co-workers have noticed a slight change in your personality...
• In 2 weeks your friends, family and coworkers now call you "Mr. A**hole" or "Miss Bitch" and are begging you to start smoking again...
• In three to nine months the trial will be over after you kill the last person who asks you "How goes the no smoking?"...
• In 1 year your jail-house 'protection' costs you 1 pack of cigarettes a day (how ironic)...
• In 5 years you are being sold in prison for 2 packs of cigarettes (again, how ironic), but your prison tattoos look fantastic...
• In 10 years you've now developed a jail-house heroin habit...
• In 15 years the justice system labels you as unredeemable and commutes your 25 year sentence to life. But on the bright side, you've kicked your heroin habit and to help with the withdrawal symptoms, you've started smoking again (how very ironic)...

Source:  What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Smoking? | Perpetual Draft