Do you know all the benefits of stopping smoking?
There are lots of reasons and benefits to stopping smoking. As well as saving money, you could see health benefits right away!
When you give up cigarettes, you’ll find that your body and your brain go through good changes, day by day, week by week. Your body can recover, you'll look better, have more energy and feel healthier.
20 mins
Your pulse and heart rate drops as soon as you’ve finished your last cigarette. Your blood pressure starts to return to normal.
12 hours
Your body removes the carbon monoxide found in cigarettes from your body. Levels return to normal and your oxygen levels increase.
1 day
As your blood pressure drops your circulation improves. You’ve already reduced your risk of heart disease from high blood pressure caused by smoking.
2 days
Your nerves begin to heal and your sense of taste and smell will be back to normal.
3 days
Any nicotine in your body will now be gone completely. You may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms, but these will soon pass.
1 month
As your lungs heal you may notice less coughing and shortness of breath. You could also find it easier to do exercise.
9 months
By this time, your lungs will have significantly healed. Cilia (like small hairs) inside your lungs will have recovered from the effects of cigarette smoke.
1 year
When you’ve stop smoking for a year. Your risk of coronary heart disease will half. It will continue to decrease too.
5 years
Your arteries and blood vessels begin to widen again now that they’ve healed. You’ve lowered your risk of blood clots and having a stroke.
10 years
At the 10 year mark, you’ve cut your chances of dying from lung cancer in half, and dramatically reduced your likelihood of getting mouth, throat or pancreatic cancer.
15 years
Your chances of developing heart disease are the same as someone who has never smoked. Your chances of getting pancreatic cancer are the same as a non-smoker too.
20 years
Your risk of dying from a smoking-related cause - like lung disease or cancer - is now as low as someone who has never smoked a cigarette in their life.
There are lots of reasons and benefits to stopping smoking.
Take the quiz below and see how much you know about stopping smoking, the benefits, the support and methods available to help you to stop.
Spend your money on something for you!
Stopping smoking won’t just make you feel better; the money you save can be spent on you or your family! Treat yourself to new clothes or airline flights or a fun family day out. How much extra money will you have when you stop smoking?
In one week you could save
£38
That's a new skincare product
In one month you could save
£167
That’s a family meal out
In six months you could save
£1003
A shopping spree
In one year you could save
£2007
Start saving for something really special
In one week you could save
£77
That's your football teams shirt
In one month you could save
£334
That’s a designer pair of trainers
In six months you could save
£2007
That’s a luxury holiday
In one year you could save
£4015
Some return airline flights
In one week you could save
£115
That’s your weekly family food shop
In one month you could save
£501
A new piece of technology
In six months you could save
£3011
That’s a top of the range smart tv
In one year you could save
£6022
That’s a few months rent
