lung disease from worsening, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ smokefree.gov.
Over time, your risk of pneumonia and lung cancer also decrease, according to the ALA.
A stronger body is just one of the benefits of quitting
This newfound strength includes a reduced risk of bone fractures later in life, according to smokefree.gov. A more robust immune system will help you stay healthy, while your muscles will get stronger because of more availability of oxygen in your blood.
And this doesn’t even get to the more serious advantages to becoming a nonsmoker, which include a lowered risk for heart disease, stroke and certain cancers.
A person’s risk of having a heart attack drops dramatically in one to two years, according to the ACS.
In one study, presented recently at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, Dutch researchers found that quitting smoking appeared to work as well as taking three medications to prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients who had either a heart attack or a procedure to open blocked arteries.
“The benefits of smoking cessation are even greater than we realized,” study author Dr. Tinka van Trier, of Amsterdam University Medical Centre, said in a news release on the study.
Some fertility issues even resolve as estrogen levels return to normal, according to smokefree.gov.
Quitting smoking also reduces the risk of developing 12 types of cancer. The risk of certain cancers is