The body recovers miraculously when you stop smoking

3 days after quitting smoking, the lungs will recover by themselves, after about 3 months, the symptoms of coughing and wheezing caused by smoking will disappear...

According to medical experts, lung function can recover immediately after you quit smoking.

After 20 minutes of stopping smoking

Similar to breathing, smoking releases nicotine into the bloodstream and puts stress on the heart. When you stop smoking, the stress on the heart and heart rate return to normal.

The impact of smoking on lung function. Photo: India Times.

After 8 hours of quitting smoking

Carbon monoxide, one of the 4,000 chemicals you inhale when you smoke, is a dangerous poison. Nicotine and carbon monoxide begin to leave your body, and your oxygen levels return to normal, eight hours after you stop smoking.

After 24 hours

One day after you quit smoking, your lungs clear themselves of mucus and debris caused by smoking.

After 48 hours

Nicotine, the toxic liquid in cigarettes, is highly addictive. Smoking leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth and a diminished sense of taste and hearing. Two days after you stop smoking, the nicotine is eliminated from your body and your senses begin to improve, becoming more sensitive.

After 2-12 weeks of quitting smoking

Smoking affects your blood circulation, making physical activity more difficult, which in turn affects your overall health. Quitting smoking will make you more agile, make physical activity easier, and improve your breathing after a few weeks.

After 3-9 months

Several months after quitting smoking, your health continues to improve. Symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath caused by harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke have decreased. Your lungs are gradually recovering.

After a year

Smoking damages the lining of your arteries and causes atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the arteries that can lead to heart attacks, strokes, and angina. Twelve months after you quit smoking, your risk of coronary heart disease is cut in half that of a smoker.

Smoking is known to cause at least 14 different types of cancer, including mouth, bowel and bladder cancer. Smoking is linked to around 64,500 cases of cancer each year in the UK.

According to VNE