It only takes 8 hours for the effects of the healing process to kick in and this continues for years after that last cigarette.
Within 8 Hours
| - Carbon monoxide level in your body drops
- Oxygen level in your blood increases to normal
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| Within 48 Hours | - Your chance of a heart attack decreases
- Senses of smell and taste improve
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| Within 3 Days | - Breathing is easier as your bronchial tubes relax
- You feel more energised
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| Within 3 Months | - Blood circulation improves
- For men, sperm quality returns to normal
- For women, fertility improves
- Walking and aerobic exercise become easier
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Within 6 Months
 | - Say goodbye to coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath
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| Within 1 Year | - Risk of smoking-related heart is reduced by 50%
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| Within 5 Years | - Risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancer is halved
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| Within 10 Years | - Risk of lung cancer is reduced by 50%
- Risk of bladder, kidney and pancreatic cancers also decreases
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| Within 15 Years | - Risk of heart attack and stroke is equal to a person who has never smoked
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