Quitting and health benefits
Les étapes de la désintoxicaion lorsque l'on cesse de fumer.

• The thought of quitting scares you?
• No willpower to stop smoking
• It’s my choice to continue smoking
• I’ve got it under control
• I can’t stop
• They’ll find a vaccine against smoking
• Everyone I know smokes
• Smoking is social
• It didn’t kill my grandfather
• It’s not as bad as they say
• There are worse things than smoking
• If it was so bad, the government would make it illegal
• I smoke all-natural cigarettes
• Everyone smokes
• You have to die somehow...
• Tips to stop smoking
• Smoking and nicotine
• Quit without gaining weight
• Quit and manage your stress
• Quitting and physical activity
• Quitting and health benefits
• Quitting and withdrawal symptoms
• Failures and relapses
• The steps of the stop-smoking method

The health benefits of quitting

These are the changes that occur in the human body when a person stops smoking.

20 minutes

• Blood pressure drops back to norma.
• Pulse rate slows down to normal.
• The temperature of the hands and feet warms up to normal.

8 hours

• The amount of nicotine and carbon monoxide in the blood is halved.
• Cell oxygenation becomes normal.

24 hours

• Carbon monoxide is completely eliminated from the organism.
• The lungs begin to reject smoke residues.

48 hours

• Nicotine is completely eradicated from the system.
• The nerve ends begin to regenerate.
• The senses of taste and smell improve.

72 hours

• The bronchial tubes relax, making it easier to breathe.
• Lung capacity increases.
• Energy level improves.

2 weeks to 3 months

• Blood circulation improves.
• Walking becomes easier.
• Lung operation improves by up to 30%.
• In the case of a pregnant woman who quits during the first three months of her pregnancy, the chances of having an underweight baby are the same as for a woman who has never smoked.

1 to 9 months

• Coughing, nasal congestion, fatigue and breathlessness all decrease.
• The voice becomes clearer.
• The vibrating hairs in the respiratory route regenerate and become better able to eliminate waste, which in turn helps protect against infection.
• The body becomes more energetic.

1 years

• The risk of cardiovascular disease is halved.
• For a woman, in the first few years after quitting, the risk of contracting cervical cancer declines to the same level as for women who have never smoked.

5 years

• The risk of contracting cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is halved.  For average smokers (one pack per day), the death rate from lung cancer is also halved.
• Between 5 and 15 years after quitting, the risk of stroke declines to the same level as for non-smokers.

10 years

• The death rate from lung cancer is similar to that of non-smokers.
• Precancerous cells are replaced by healthy cells.
• The risk of contracting cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus and bladder declines.

15 years

• The risk of heart attack is similar to that of non-smokers.