How long does it take for your body to heal/recover after smoking cigarettes?

"How Quickly Do the Benefits of Quitting Start?"

* "Just 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your blood pressure and
pulse rate drop to normal and the body temperature of your hands and
feet increases to normal."

* "A mere 8 hours after your last smoke, the carbon monoxide level
decreases and the oxygen level in your blood increases to normal."

* "Just 24 hours after your last cigarette, you substantially lessen
your chances of having a heart attack."

* "Two days after your last cigarette, you will notice that your
ability to taste and smell is enhanced."

* "Three days later, your breathing should be noticeably better
because your lung capacity will be greater."

* "Your circulation will improve and your lung functioning will
increase up to 30% within two weeks to three months after quitting."

* "Between one month and nine months, the cilia in your lungs will
regenerate, allowing your body to clean your lungs and reduce
infection."

* "One year after quitting, your risk of coronary heart disease is
half that of a smoker."

* "Five years after quitting, your risk of stroke is reduced to that
of a nonsmoker."

* "Ten years after quitting, the lung cancer death rate is about half
that of a continuing smokers. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat,
esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases."

* "Fifteen years after quitting, your risk of coronary heart disease
is that of a nonsmokers.

(U.S. Surgeon General's Reports (1988, 1990)

Don't listen to that doctor. Within 1 year all function of your lungs should return to normal and regrow cilia(hairlike fibers). If you have quit 10 to 15 years. You are as close to 100% cured than the nonsmoker is. Your risk for heart attacks and cancer is normal as a non- smokers. You are fine. Yes, it is better to quit by 35(good choice). I always said that myself,but found myself going back smoking. Electronic cigarettes may be the next way. Smoking through water bongs may be a lung saver. If I just had 10,000 pieces of nicoderm gum for like $50, I would be quit for sure.