By quitting smoking you will not only help yourself, but also those that you love and who care for your well-being. You may well doubt that there will indeed be any noticeable benefits when you stop smoking. You may even believe that the damage that has been done is too extensive and that there is no way back. But, you are mistaken as what will happen when you stop smoking is that an immediate healing of the body will start to take place

The first two days after you stop smoking should see a fall in your blood pressure and pulse rate, and you will also notice a rise in body temperature in the hands and feet. A couple of weeks later you can be sure of your blood circulation improving, and you will be able to walk without much exertion while the lungs too will respond well. So, is there any more that you would want to know about what happens when you stop smoking?

You can be certain that a month after you stopped smoking your coughing will have ceased, sinus congestion will have disappeared and you also won't feel fatigued, while shortness of breath will also be a thing of the past. So, you may want to know what happens when you stop smoking a year thence. The answer is that one year on after you have stopped smoking you will notice that you will be less at risk of a heart condition, which may be half as likely as if you had continued to smoke.

And, you may wonder what happens when you stop smoking in the even longer term and the answer is that five to ten years down the line you will not be at risk of getting a stroke and you will also not find your health threatened by risk of getting lung cancer or cancer of the mouth, throat and kidneys.

The many health related benefits of not smoking, should provide an answer to the question, "what happens when you stop smoking?"