You will undergo some mental and physical changes when you time you smoke your last cigarette until a few years. As time continues to go by, there will be less of a chance that you will light up another cigarette. The changes in your health will be beneficial - you'll feel much better and there will be less risk of numerous diseases. The following will show a typical quit smoking timeline and is not meant to be an exact science, but based on past studies these are reasonable expectations you can have when you decide to quit smoking permanently.
Daily Phases (0 - 2 Days)
There are some immediate effects from when you have your last cigarette After a half hour your blood pressure and pulse rate will return to normal, and the body temperature of your extremities will increase to its normal level. Nicotine constricts your blood vessels, which results in a drop in skin temperature. Normally this is felt most in your hands and feet since they are furthest away from your heart.
After eight hours the chemicals effects of nicotine will begin to balance out. Your carbon monoxide level will decrease to normal levels while your oxygen levels will increase to normal levels. After one full day from your last cigarette, your risk of heart attack decreases. Two days later some of the long term effects of nicotine will begin to reverse. Your damaged nerve endings will begin regrowing, and your ability to decipher taste and smell will improve.
The bad thing is that you will be dealing with withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced by those trying to quit smoking, but these are only temporary.
Weekly Phases (2 - 12 Weeks)
Not only will the withdrawal symptoms begin to disappear, but there will also be some important health benefits that will occur during the weeks after you stop smoking. Among these are you will have improved circulatory and lung functionality. Risk of any heart and lung disease caused by smoking starts to decrease. You will notice periodic increases in your energy level.
Monthly Phases (1 - 9 Months)
Common symptoms experienced by smokers decrease. Included among these are coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, fatigue, and sinus congestion. Your lungs will begin to regrow cilia in your lungs that were damaged by smoking. Cilia are tiny organelles (hairlike structures that reside on the surface of cells) that keep your lings free of unwanted debris. Hundreds of these reside on each ciliated cell, so as the damaged ones are repaired, they will help keep your lungs clean and free of infection and excess mucus. Also during this time-frame your energy levels of your body will continue to increase.
Annual (Long Term) Phases (1 - 15 Years)
After one year of being completely smoke free your risk of coronary heart disease will be half of what is was when you were a smoker. After five years, if you were a heavy smoker (a pack a day or more), you will cut your chances in half of developing lung cancer. You will also reduce by half after five years the risk stroke and cancer of the mouth, throat, and esophagus.
After ten years you begin to eliminate some serious threats introduced by smoking. The lung cancer rate dwindles to that of a nonsmoker, precancerous cells are replaced by healthy ones, and the risk of the aforementioned types of cancer is drastically reduced. By the time you reach fifteen years of being smoke-free, your risk of coronary heart disease decreases to that of a nonsmoker.
I hope this general stop smoking timeline gives you a good overview of what to expect time-wise if you make the effort to quit smoking. I hope some of the physical you will noticeably experience gives you the motivation to try to quit, and hope that the important long term advantages gives you the impetus to stick with it.
Daily Phases (0 - 2 Days)
There are some immediate effects from when you have your last cigarette After a half hour your blood pressure and pulse rate will return to normal, and the body temperature of your extremities will increase to its normal level. Nicotine constricts your blood vessels, which results in a drop in skin temperature. Normally this is felt most in your hands and feet since they are furthest away from your heart.
After eight hours the chemicals effects of nicotine will begin to balance out. Your carbon monoxide level will decrease to normal levels while your oxygen levels will increase to normal levels. After one full day from your last cigarette, your risk of heart attack decreases. Two days later some of the long term effects of nicotine will begin to reverse. Your damaged nerve endings will begin regrowing, and your ability to decipher taste and smell will improve.
The bad thing is that you will be dealing with withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced by those trying to quit smoking, but these are only temporary.
Weekly Phases (2 - 12 Weeks)
Not only will the withdrawal symptoms begin to disappear, but there will also be some important health benefits that will occur during the weeks after you stop smoking. Among these are you will have improved circulatory and lung functionality. Risk of any heart and lung disease caused by smoking starts to decrease. You will notice periodic increases in your energy level.
Monthly Phases (1 - 9 Months)
Common symptoms experienced by smokers decrease. Included among these are coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, fatigue, and sinus congestion. Your lungs will begin to regrow cilia in your lungs that were damaged by smoking. Cilia are tiny organelles (hairlike structures that reside on the surface of cells) that keep your lings free of unwanted debris. Hundreds of these reside on each ciliated cell, so as the damaged ones are repaired, they will help keep your lungs clean and free of infection and excess mucus. Also during this time-frame your energy levels of your body will continue to increase.
Annual (Long Term) Phases (1 - 15 Years)
After one year of being completely smoke free your risk of coronary heart disease will be half of what is was when you were a smoker. After five years, if you were a heavy smoker (a pack a day or more), you will cut your chances in half of developing lung cancer. You will also reduce by half after five years the risk stroke and cancer of the mouth, throat, and esophagus.
After ten years you begin to eliminate some serious threats introduced by smoking. The lung cancer rate dwindles to that of a nonsmoker, precancerous cells are replaced by healthy ones, and the risk of the aforementioned types of cancer is drastically reduced. By the time you reach fifteen years of being smoke-free, your risk of coronary heart disease decreases to that of a nonsmoker.
I hope this general stop smoking timeline gives you a good overview of what to expect time-wise if you make the effort to quit smoking. I hope some of the physical you will noticeably experience gives you the motivation to try to quit, and hope that the important long term advantages gives you the impetus to stick with it.
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