Within 20 Minutes of Quitting

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• Alternative Title:
  Within twenty minutes of quitting
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health.
• Description:
  Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years. ; • 20 Minutes After Quitting ; o Your heart rate drops. ; • 12 hours After Quitting ; o Carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal. ; • 2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting ; o Your heart attack risk begins to drop. ; o Your lung function begins to improve. ; • 1 to 9 Months After Quitting ; o Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease. ; • 1 Year After Quitting ; o Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's. ; • 5 Years After Quitting ; o Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker's 5-15 years after quitting. ; • 10 Years After Quitting ; o Your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker's. ; o Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases. ; • 15 Years After Quitting ; o Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker's. ; Poster from: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. The Health consequences of smoking :what it means to you : the 2004 Surgeon General's report. 2004, p. 32.
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• Subjects:
  • Smoking Cessation
• Source:
  United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. The Health consequences of smoking :what it means to you : the 2004 Surgeon General's report. 2004, p. 32.
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41642/cdc_41642_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 530.43 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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