"The best way to quit smoking is not to give up if you fall back."

Within 20 Minutes of Quitting Smoking

Within 20 minutes after you smoke that 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
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.

1 Year After Quitting
Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smokers.

5 Years After Quitting
Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmokers 5-15 years after quitting.

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

15 Years After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmokers.

Medicare Stop Smoking Program

Smoking can cause not only lung cancer but also many other kinds of cancer such as cancer of the mouth, throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx), esophagus, kidney, cervix, some leukemias, bladder, pancreas and stomach.

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"Consequently the physical side of the addiction to nicotine is resolved."