What happens when you quit smoking? Learn the great benefits in this in depth article!

Within 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse rate will return to normal. The temperature of your hands and feet will also have returned to normal.

Within 8 hours your blood oxygen levels will have increased to normal limits and carbon monoxide levels to have dropped to normal.

Within 24 hours your risk of a sudden heart attack will have been substantially decreased.

Within 48 hours your nerve endings start re-growing and your sense of smell and taste to begin returning to normal.

Within 72 hours your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free, as over 90% of all nicotine metabolites have now passed through your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes will begin relaxing and thus make breathing easier, and your lung capacity will also begin to increase.

Within 10 days to two weeks your body will have adjusted to the physical functioning without nicotine and the 3,500 particles and more than 500 gases present in each puff.

Within 3 weeks to 3 months your circulation have improved substantially, walking have become easier, and your overall lung function will begin to show an amazing increase of up to thirty percent.

Within 1 to 9 months any sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath will have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body's overall energy will have increased.

Within 1 year your excess risk of coronary heart disease drops to less than half that of a smoker

Within 5 year your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker at 5-15 years after quitting.

Within 10 years your risk of death from lung cancer will have decreased by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack a day). Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is now half that of a smoker's.

Within 15 years your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked. Your overall risk of death has returned to nearly that of a person who has never smoked.

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