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.
  
  
• 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:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7ae9bb6add4b05c36ea3e06cd5c93071435cd2dad1a5c24b6cfe750dccf7b6a7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41642/cdc_41642_DS1.pdf
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