The frightening images on cigarette packs are designed to actually show that smoking is harmful to health. But what if one quit smoking? When does he get rid of the harmful effects of health and his body becomes completely pure?
It happens in stages that we show you in this report.
Millions die every year around the world due to the harms of smoking. In Germany alone, about 110,000 people die each year, according to the Federal Ministry of Health. Fortunately, the body regains full health after a period of smoking cessation, even if it has continued to smoke for decades before.
It happens quickly. Just 20 minutes after the cigarette is finished, your blood pressure returns to normal. After 24 hours, the risk of heart attack decreases.
Imagine that you can enjoy your sense of smell and taste just two days after the last cigarette you ate. This is because the nerve endings relax after you stop taking nicotine.
After two weeks of smoking cessation, one inhales more air, says a study by the American Cancer Research Association.
After two to three months, the lung has cleared itself of the effects of smoking, according to the specialist medical website Fetbuk. After eight months the immune system becomes stronger.
After five years of total smoking cessation, the risk of a stroke decreases by 50%. Ten years later, the risk of lung cancer also drops by half, as is the risk of kidney, esophagus, bronchial and oral cancers.
The complete elimination of the effects of smoking, according to researchers at the American Association for Cancer Research, occurs after 15 years of quitting smoking. Here the body becomes as if it never smoked.
This research may encourage those who quit smoking to take the first risk.