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This is what will happen to you when you stop smoking - step by step
You already know that smoking is a mistake, even if you smoke a little.
But did you know that the harms of smoking can be behind you really quickly?
On the occasion of the International Non-Smoking Day, we examined what happens to the body when you stop smoking
Dr. Camilia Hardak
31/05/2022
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 06:37 Updated: 07:08
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Sometimes it seems that today most people know how harmful smoking is to health, and how important it is to avoid it, but data from Maccabi Health Services show that the rate of smokers in Israel is about 21.5 percent.
And it's quite a bit at all.
In addition, it is estimated that smoking causes about 8,000 deaths a year in Israel, about a tenth of them as a result of passive smoking.
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Smoking affects almost every organ in the body and affects the overall health, from general negative effects on the body to decreased immune function.
Smoking causes about 90 percent of all lung cancer deaths, and it is estimated that 85 percent of all lung cancer cases can be prevented if cigarette smoking is stopped.
Smoking is also the leading cause of bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer and cancer of the mouth and throat.
8,000 deaths a year in Israel.
A man smokes (Photo: screenshot, giphy)
And that's not all.
Smokers suffer from many respiratory diseases besides lung cancer.
Smoking causes about 80 percent of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, which is one of the leading causes of fatigue and eventual death among smokers.
Smokers are several times more likely than non-smokers to develop heart disease, stroke and lung cancer.
The good news is that smoking cessation is completely possible, and that many of these harms will go away from your body as soon as you put out the last cigarette.
This is what will happen to your body when you stop smoking:
After 20 minutes, an improvement in blood pressure and heart rate is expected
After 8 hours, a 50 percent decrease in the level of carbon monoxide and nicotine is expected
After 24 hours the nicotine was removed from the body.
There will be an improvement in the sense of taste and smell
After 48 hours, the carbon dioxide is expected to return to its normal level.
The mucous membrane of the respiratory tract is cleansed and the risk of myocardial infarction is reduced
After 72 hours, a feeling of relief in breathing is expected.
Energy levels are expected to be higher
After 2-12 weeks, an improvement in blood circulation is expected
After 3-9 months a decrease in the amount of coughing and wheezing is felt
After one year, there is a 50 percent decrease in the risk of myocardial infarction
After ten years, the risk of lung cancer will be reduced by 50 percent.
The risk of myocardial infarction is equal to the risk of a non-smoker
This is what you must know about tobacco
Tobacco products contain between 4,000-7,000 chemicals including about 350 hazardous substances and about 70 carcinogens.
The main components of tobacco smoke are nicotine, tar (the residual particles from combustion) and gases such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.
Although nicotine can be toxic in very high doses, its toxic effect as an ingredient in tobacco smoke is generally considered "modest" compared to that of many other toxins in smoke.
The main health effect of nicotine is its addictive power.
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Most tobacco users are cigarette smokers who inhale tobacco smoke into the lungs, so it is not surprising that active smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are considered to be 90 percent of the causes of all lung cancer cases.
Also, smoking damage develops gradually.
There is of course an effect on the changes in smoking and the amount of cigarettes, genetic predisposition and other diseases also have an effect on the timing at which the damages start to appear.
Dr. Kamilia Hardak is a lung disease specialist at Maccabi Health Services and the director of the Lung Unit at Bnei Zion Hospital.
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