Smoking: the smoker’s body
Recovery startswithin minutes.
What happens to your body after your last cigarette.
Your bodystarts to repair.
Your body begins to recover almost as soon as you stop smoking, and the improvements carry on for years.
This is what happens, based on NHS guidance. The sooner you stop, the more you gain, but it’s never too late.
After your last cigarette
What happens when you stop
- 20 minutes
Your pulse rate is already starting to return to normal.
- 8 hours
Your oxygen levels are recovering, and the carbon monoxide in your blood has halved.
- 48 hours
Carbon monoxide has dropped to the level of a non-smoker. Your lungs start to clear mucus, and your senses of taste and smell are improving.
- 72 hours
Breathing feels easier as your bronchial tubes relax, and your energy rises.
- 2 to 12 weeks
Your circulation improves, so blood pumps better to your heart and muscles.
- 3 to 9 months
Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as your lung function increases by up to 10%.
- 1 year
Your risk of a heart attack has halved compared with a smoker’s.
- 10 years
Your risk of death from lung cancer has halved compared with a smoker’s.
Your mind too
Many people smoke to cope with stress, but over time smoking makes stress worse.
The NHS says stopping can boost your mood and lower anxiety. The aim of your hypnotherapy session is for you to feel calm and in control as a non-smoker, without feeling deprived.
Smoking facts
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Stop smoking hypnotherapy
A simpler wayto stop.
One session, tailored to you, by Zoom from your own home, with the personalised recording to keep.
We start with a conversation about your smoking or vaping, then the hypnotherapy, based on what you’ve told me. The aim is for you to feel like a non-smoker, not an ex-smoker who still misses cigarettes.
Start with a conversation.
Tell me about your smoking or vaping and what you’d like to change. I reply within 24 hours.