If quitting smoking is known to everyone as a positive point for our health, what are its exact and direct effects on the body? You will see that some are immediate.
Today in France, there are approximately 15 million smokers. But according to the latest barometer from Public Health France, the prevalence of daily smoking fell from 29.4% in 2016 to 26.9% in 2017 in France, a drop of 2.5 points. What concretely, represents a million daily smokers in less in one year.
A positive, encouraging observation, which we owe to a series of measures such as the Month Without Tobacco, the neutral package or the various increases in the cigarette package. But what happens to your body when you quit smoking?
Immediate effects on the body
Whatever your consumption habits, gender or age, some effects are immediate, such as the disappearance of nicotine (24 hours after the last cigarette) and carbon monoxide in your body.
“Result, very quickly, you will no longer run the risk of spasm and thrombosis, and stop reducing the level of oxygen in your blood linked to carbon monoxide, explains the French Federation of Cardiology. From the point of view of your cardiovascular health, no other medical or surgical approach could give results more effective and as inexpensive as quitting smoking.
50% less risk of having a heart attack
Taste and smell improve 48 hours after the last cigarette, in particular because theTaste nerve endings begin to regrow. La breathing improves after 72 hours, because thethe bronchi begin to relax. Three months after serfdom, “cough and fatigue decrease. We recover breath. We walk more easily”.
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You also reduce your risk of having a myocardial infarction by 50% one year after weaning, a remarkable score when you know that it only decreases by 20%, for example, by treating hypertension. Your risk of having a stroke also becomes the same as that of a non-smoker.
Five years after the last cigarette, your risk of suffering from lung cancer is almost halved. Encouraging data when we know that 90% of all lung cancers are attributable to smoking. Finally, 10 years after your famous last cigarette, your life expectancy becomes identical to that of people who have never smoked. A victory.
It is important to remember that sf the physical dependence on tobacco disappears on average in a few weeks, the psychological dependence is slower to fade. It is often the hardest to bear. But aren’t saving money (about 2300 euros per year for 6 packs smoked per week) and increasing your life expectancy worth it?
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