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Quick Results of Quitting Smoking

Timeline of Immediate/Short-Term Effects of Quitting Smoking

  • In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
  • In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
  • In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
  • In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
  • In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
  • In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
  • In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
  • In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
  • In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
  • In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

 
Tobacco

  • 13% of 6th grade students in Benton County have tried cigarettes at least once
  • Over 177,000 kids are exposed to second hand smoke
  • 23.5% of adults smoke in Arkansas
  • 390 to 700 people die each year in Arkansas from someone else’s smoke
  • Being around secondhand smoke for two hours is like smoking four cigarettes
  • Kids who have parents who smoke are 3.3 times more likely to start smoking themselves.