What Immediately Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
Being aware of the long-term harm that smoking is doing to your body does not make it easier to quit smoking, but there are amazing immediate positive effects that happen a few hours after you quit smoking.
This video from AsapSCIENCE explores the immediate and long-term consequences of quitting smoking. Just twenty minutes after you quit smoking, your blood pressure and heart rate should return to normal levels as nicotine causes your blood vessels to constrict. And after a few hours, you will inevitably feel the negative effects of nicotine cravings, including moodiness and drowsiness.
Then a little later, after about 24 hours, the cough may get worse as your body is dealing with all the toxic substances in your lungs, and after 48 hours your tongue will appear to regain some taste as your taste buds are repaired. Your cravings for nicotine will also peak around this time. Of course, smoking cessation provides numerous and significant benefits in the long term. It is difficult for everyone to quit smoking, especially when anything that relieves everyday stress seems important, but it is an important reminder to stop when possible.
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