Inescapable Truth #9 “Expectations”

What To Expect

When you quit smoking your body will immediately begin to change, and to heal. It breaks down like this:

Within 1 hour of quitting, your blood pressure, overall body temperature, and standing pulse rate will begin to move toward normal numbers.

After 8 hours the carbon monoxide (you heard me right – I said CARBON MONOXIDE) levels in your blood will begin to drop off to somewhere near normal levels.

After 10 hours the oxygen levels in your blood will begin to increase to somewhere close to normal (did you even KNOW that smoking depleted oxygen levels in your blood?)

After 24 hours your risk of a heart attack decreases dramatically. (Please… ponder the implications of this for a few minutes)

After 48 hours the nerve endings in your nose and mouth will begin to REGROW (yes, they were burned off by your smoking). This means that your sense of smell and taste will begin to return.

After 3 days the tubes in your lungs will begin to relax, and breathing should become a little easier.

After 3 weeks, your lung capacity will return to 30% of it’s normal level. (Just… THINK about that one for a second)

After 9 months you should see a NOTICIBLE difference in the amount of coughing and shortness of breath that was probably resulting in an overall decreased energy level.

After 5 years your body will have healed about ½ the damage you’ve done to it by smoking. Your risk of lung cancer is cut in ½.

After 10 years, your body will have healed over 90% of the damage you’ve done to it by smoking, and your risk of lung cancer is almost the same as a person who never smoked.