How Quickly Does Your Body Recover When You Quit Smoking?
Amazingly, your body starts recovering VERY QUICKLY – 20 minutes after quitting, your heart rate and blood pressure drop. Within 24 hours, the risk of you surviving a heart attack DOUBLES. 12 hours after quitting, levels of carbon monoxide in your blood return to normal. 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting, your heart attack risk begins to fall and lung function improves. 1 to 9 months after quitting, coughing and shortness of breath decrease. 1 year after quitting, the
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