The health benefits of quitting smoking start 20 minutes after your last cigarette.

Within 20 minutes after you smoke your last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years:

• 20

  Minutes After Quitting - Your heart rate drops

• 12 

  Hours After Quitting - The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal

• 2

  Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting - Your heart attack risk begins to drop. Your lung function begins to improve

• 1 to 9

  Months After Quitting - Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease

• 2

  Years After Quitting - Your coronary heart disease risk is cut by more than half. (Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.)

• 5 to 15

  Years After Quitting - Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker

• 10

  Years After Quitting - Your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker. Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases

And the benefits to health of quitting smoking are serious

Compared to smokers, your…

• Stroke risk is reduced to that of a person who never smoked after 5 to 15 years of not smoking
• Cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus risks are halved 5 years after quitting
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk of death is reduced after you quit
• Lung cancer risk drops by as much as half 10 years after quitting
• Ulcer risk drops after quitting

Ready to try to quit?

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