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For all the struggle of quitting smoking, there are equal, simultaneous rewards! When smokers quit, within twenty minutes of smoking that last cigarette the body begins a series of healing changes.
At 20 minutes after quitting:
At 8 hours:
At 24 hours:
At 48 hours:
At 2 weeks to 3 months:
1 to 9 months:
1 year:
At 5 years:
At 10 years:
At 15 years:
Sourced From: American Lung Association website. Available at: https://www.lung.org/. Accessed May 2005.
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