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How long before you benefit?
 Within 8 hours
 • carbon monoxide level drops in your body
• oxygen level in your blood increases to normal
Within 48 hours
• your chances of having a heart attack start to go down
• sense of smell and taste begin to improve
Within 72 hours
• bronchial tubes relax making breathing easier
• lung capacity increases
Within 2 weeks to 3 months
• circulation improves
• lung functioning increases up to 30 percent
Within 6 months
• coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath improve
Within 1 year
• risk of smoking-related heart attack is cut in half
Within 10 years
• risk of dying from lung cancer is cut in half
Within 15 years
• risk of dying from a heart attack is equal to a person who never smoked. |
