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Stop Smoking Clinic
Information on stopping smoking
The Health Benefits of giving up:
Blood pressure & pulse return to normal, along with circulation to hands and feet. Within 20minutes of stopping.
Blood oxygen levels increase to normal, and your chances of having a heart attack start to fall. Within 8 hours of stopping.
Carbon monoxide leaves the body, allowing the lungs to clear out mucus and debris. Within 24 hours of stopping.
Your body is now nicotine free, your sense of taste and smell begin to improve. Within 48 hours of stopping.
Breathing is easier, and your energy levels increase. Within 72 hours of stopping.
Circulation improves throughout the body, making exercise easier. Within 2-12 weeks of stopping.
Breathing problems improve and lung efficiency is increased by 5-10%. Within 3-9 months of stopping.
Risk of a heart attack fall to about half that of a smoker. After 5 years after stopping.
Risk of lung cancer falls to around half that of a smoker and the risk of a heart attack falls to the same as someone that has never smoked.
Don't put off giving up!
Useful External Links:
Click to Quit
: Smoking Cessation Advice
ASH
: Action on Smoking and Health
Smoking Cessation
: NHS Site
Smokefree
- This website contains detailed information about the free NHS support services.
Quit smoking
- NHS (www.nhs.uk)