Did you know that you can stop smoking and within 20 minutes you will be on the right track to better health?
Within 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop and your pulse will return to normal. You will also find that the temperature in your hands and feet stabilizes.
After 8 hours of not smoking you will find that the carbon monoxide level in your blood will have dropped.
After a day (24 hours), your chance of having a heart attack decreases.
In as little as 48 hours your ability to smell and taste will be vastly improve.
Lung capacity increases after 72 hours and your breathing will begin to get easier.
In two weeks to three months you'll find an improvement in your circulation and will find that walking becomes easier. Your lung functioning may also increase as much as 20 percent.
Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath may decrease in any where from one to nine months. The microscopic hairs that line your lungs may begin to re-grow within the first few months which is a benefical in helping clean the lungs and reduce your chance of an infection.
Finally, one year down the road you'll have cut your risk of heart disease in one half.
Published by Catherine Naomie on October 10, 2007 06:37 PM
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