Smoking is dangerous, not only because it deals with lung cancer, but also because smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The cumulative consequences of tobacco should be a good reason to quit smoking.
Although you have been a smoker for a long time, various studies confirm, there will still be recovering damages from smoking before.
In a study of 1500 smokers, it is known that after a year of quitting smoking, there was improvement in the arteries caused by the inhalation of cigarette smoke. This means, the risk of coronary heart decrease.
Although smokers who are separated from the cigarette has experienced a slight increase in weight, about 4 kg, the good cholesterol in the blood increase as well, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Other studies have shown, after 15 years of quitting smoking, your risk for heart disease is almost the same as those who never smoked.
Risk to suffer from other diseases, such as bronchitis, emphysema, and cancer, are also reduced. In addition, you also will look and feel younger, more energetic than, more resistant, stronger, and your wrinkles diminish.
This is a series of body changes that will occur as soon as you decide to put down your cigarette 20 minutes ago. Change that are good for health will continue.
- 20 minutes after quitting smoking, heart rate decreased.
- 12 hours later, levels of carbon monoxide in the blood dropped to normal.
- Two weeks to 3 months after quitting, the risk of heart attack begin to drop. Lung function begins to improve.
- 1-9 months after quitting, complaining cough and difficulty of breathing began to decrease.






































