When you quit, your body experiences withdrawal from nicotine. Symptoms include cravings, irritability, headaches, and sleep disturbance. It is important that you use a medication to help you to cope with this.
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QUIT PROCESS
Health Benefits of Stopping Smoking
When your body is smokefree it can start to repair the damage that has been done by years of smoking.
Going smokefree is the biggest single thing you can do to improve your health and the best news is the health benfits are immediate!
How Can I Stop Smoking?
The thought of stopping smoking can be daunting, especially if you have been smoking for a large part of your life.
Getting help from a trained stop smoking advisor and using treatments such as Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) will increase your chances of quitting successfully and staying stopped. This is proven.
QUITTING TIMELINE
- 20 minutes Circulation improves especially in your hands and feet.
- 8 hours Blood oxygen levels return to normal and your chance of having a heart attack falls.
- 24 hours Carbon monoxide leaves your body. Your lungs start to clear out.
- 48 hours Congratulations! Your body is now nicotine free. And have you noticed how your sense of taste and smell have improved?
- 72 hours Your breathing is easier. You have more energy.
- 2-12 weeks Circulation is now improved throughout your body. It’s easier for you to walk and exercise.
- 3-9 monthsYour lung efficiency is up by 5-10%. Breathing problems are fading away. Say goodbye to coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing.
- 5 yearsYou now have only half the chance of getting a heart attack compared to a smoker.
- 10 yearsYour chance of getting lung cancer is now half that of a smoker. Your chance of having a heart attack is now the same as someone who never smoked