Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
What happens to a person who quits smoking after 18 years?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Many benefits ...: Benefits to giving up smoking: within 20 mins, blood pressure and heart rate decrease; within 12 hrs, carbon monoxide blood levels normalize; within 48 hrs, the sense of smell and taste start recovering; within 3 mos, circulation and lung function improve; within 9 mos, there is less coughing and shortness of breath; within 1 yr, the risk of coronary heart disease is cut in half. Need i say more?
Answered 5/17/2013
5.1k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
If a person is smoking 10 cigarettes a day for one and a half years, will it appear on his chest x ray?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
My husband is 60 years old and was diagnosed with cops and has heart problems he was told to quit smoking but he still does how long can a person live?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
What is the risk of lung cancer of a person who has quit smoking 16 years ago compared to the normal person who has never smoked before?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Having trouble with accepting that my height was stunted due to smoking hookah for 2 years between ages 16-18. Is that possible to stunt with smoking?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Ive been a heavy weed smoker for 1 1/2 Years and I passed out a couple times now after smoking do you know what caused it?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
My dad has been smoking for over 30 years now. If he quits now, would it make a difference? His lung is already damaged, right?
Can you smoke cigarettes after you've had open heart surgery? If you had open heart surgery when you were like 2 years old or younger and now currently 18 years old, can you smoke cigarettes? Will i be just smoking like a regular person who never had open
How can you help a person to stop smoking marihuana if he's been doing it for years?
What are some steps a person can take to stop smoking cigarettes after having smoked for 20 years?
Why does my urine has been smelling really strong like bacon or like urine from and elderly person. I am 27 years old I recently quit smoking?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
