How long after you quit smoking do you start to recover? -
Like improved lung function.
Immediately.
OK, so you-re not going to be (overnight) as healthy as a lifelong non-smoker, but within just hours of quitting, your lung function will begin to improve, your blood will be more oxygenated, etc. The benefits are many.
The longer you go without smoking, the stronger your chances of avoiding such smoking-related diseases as cancer, heart-disease, COPD ...
Here is a list of the actual physical changes that occur after quitting smoking ... this is from the American Lung Association:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvL…
Please take a look ... the information is very encouraging! If you are trying to quit smoking, Best of Luck to you!
i was watching oprah and dr oz was on there and he said it takes 10 years for your lungs to fully recover! So you better stop NOW
Every cigarette is doing you harm. Every cigarette that you dont have it helping your lungs
You start to recover immediately, but it takes 15 years of non smoking to have the same lung cancer risk as someone who never smoked. I know, I-m quitting right now. I-m on the lozenge, and it sucks, but it works. I-m three weeks and two days smoke free. Good luck!
Between 1 to 9 months smoke-free:
Starting as early as a month after you quit smoking, and continuing for the next several months, you may notice significant improvements in these areas:
coughing
sinus congestion
fatigue
shortness of breath
It-s important to remember that healing from nicotine addiction is a process, and while some improvements are dramatic and happen quickly, others will come more gradually.
And the changes don-t stop with improvements to physical health, either. Your confidence will soar as you accumulate more smoke-free time. Breaking the chains of slavery to nicotine addiction is nothing short of empowering.
It takes ten years for your lungs to fully recover.
Stay with it and good luck, I am smoke free for 8 year now after smoking for almost 30 years. I feel so much better, and I can actually blow out my birthday candles all 63 of them.
I quit smoking in 1973. Cigarettes were $3 a carton. I quit the moment I heard about the Word of Wisdom. No smoking, no drinking, no alcohol or tea. I was told that the only way we can show God that we love Him is by keeping his commandments. I have since joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Even though I had been smoking for 12 years, and smoked 3 packs of unfiltered Pall Malls, and I had just purchased a new carton, I immediately stopped. I didn-t finish the pack and I soaked the carton in the toilet, I didn-t want anyone else to have the temptation. I am now 59, I have had 10 children, and I still play basketball.
I have never had a withdrawal. I commend you for this wise thing that you are doing. You will succeed.
2 years back to normal