Source: American Cancer Society<\/p>\n
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Within 8 Hours…<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Within 24 Hours…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 48 hours…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 3 days…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 3 Months…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 9 Months…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 1 Year…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 2 Years…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 5 Years…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 10 Years…<\/strong> <\/p>\n Within 15 years…<\/strong> Source: American Cancer Society Within 8 Hours… Smoker’s breath disappears. Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal. Oxygen level in blood increases to normal. Blood pressure and pulse rate drops to normal. Temperature of hands and feet increase to normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[15,9],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smoking-facts","tag-health-quit-smoking","tag-hookah-smoking","span_1_of_2","masonry-entry","col-","loop-entry col clr","cat-34"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSmoker’s breath disappears.
\nCarbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal.
\nOxygen level in blood increases to normal.
\nBlood pressure and pulse rate drops to normal.
\nTemperature of hands and feet increase to normal.<\/p>\n
\nChance of heart attack decreases.<\/p>\n
\nAll nicotine is eliminated from the body.
\nYour senses of taste and smell begin to improve.<\/p>\n
\nBreathing is easier as bronchial tubes relax.<\/p>\n
\nCirculation improves.
\nEnergy increases.
\nWalking becomes easier.
\nLung function increases up to 30 percent.<\/p>\n
\nCoughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease.
\nCilia that sweep debris from your lungs grows back increasing your ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, reduce infection.<\/p>\n
\nRisk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.<\/p>\n
\nHeart attack risk drops to near normal.<\/p>\n
\nLung cancer death rate for average pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half.
\nStroke risk is reduced.
\nRisk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker.<\/p>\n
\nLung cancer death rate is similar to than of a person who does not smoke.
\nThe pre-cancerous cells are replaced.<\/p>\n
\nRisk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"