Shahrukh Khan made it public on November 2, his birthday, that he had quit smoking. King Khan Shahrukh Khan of Bollywood, who rules the hearts of millions, started smoking cigarettes at the age of 26 and continued smoking until he was almost 59 years old.
The best thing about Shahrukh quitting smoking is that this move will give many of his fans the willpower to quit smoking too.
The truth is that every smoker in the world knows that every puff of a cigarette damages their lungs. Negatively affecting every organ in his body. Due to this, the risk of dangerous diseases like lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, asthma and COPD increases.
Shahrukh Khan said that he is currently having difficulty breathing. This begs the question: How many days does heart health start to improve after quitting smoking? How long does it take for the body to recover from the damage caused by smoking?
According to the American Cancer Society, improvement begins within one minute of quitting smoking. 20 minutes after smoking the last cigarette, our blood pressure begins to return to normal, as does our heart rate.
However, the time it takes for the heart to fully heal depends on how long a person smokes and how many cigarettes they smoke per day.
Today in ‘Sehatnama’ we will know how long it takes to heal after smoking. You will also learn that-
How many people die in the country and around the world from smoking? Does the risk of disease increase because of smoking? How does our heart heal after quitting smoking?
Millions of people die every year from smoking
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 5 deaths each year in the United States is caused by smoking. Here, every year, 4 lakh, 80,000 people die due to smoking. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year, more than 80,000,000 people around the world die prematurely due to smoking. Every year in India, more than 10,000,000 people die due to smoking.
The risk of which diseases increases due to smoking?
Cigarette smoke passes through our lungs and reaches the heart. After that, it is absorbed into the blood by the heart. This smoke reaches our vital organs such as the brain and kidneys through the blood. It affects the functioning of all organs. Apart from this, the carcinogens present in the smoke then cause cancer.
Smoking increases the risk of many other deadly diseases, see chart:
Dr Devendra Shrimal, director of the cardiology department at Narayana Hospital in Jaipur, says there is only one way to avoid these dangerous diseases: quit smoking. If this question comes to your mind repeatedly that after how many days will your heart become like before after quitting smoking, then let’s understand it through some graphs below.
First of all, blood pressure is normal
Blood pressure increases due to the presence of nicotine in cigarettes. There are many other reasons why blood pressure may increase, such as the deposition of smoke in the walls of blood vessels, causing the vessels to narrow. It also increases the risk of blood clotting. The heart therefore has to work harder to circulate the blood. This increases blood pressure.
When we stop smoking, we stop consuming nicotine, the main cause of blood pressure. So it gradually becomes normal. The heart rate also returns to normal due to the absence of nicotine. This process begins half an hour after smoking the last cigarette.
After about 12 to 24 hours, the level of dissolved monoxide in our blood also begins to decrease due to cigarette smoke. This reduces the risk of heart attack. See in the chart what healing occurs in the body over the next 2-3 weeks and 1-9 months:
After one year, the risk of heart disease and cancer drops by half
The risk of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and asthma increases much more among smokers than among others. If a person quits smoking, the risk of coronary heart disease is reduced by half within a year of recovery. This means that our heart and body recover half of their capacity in just one year.
The heart and body become the same again in 10 to 15 years
After 10 years of quitting smoking, the risk of death from lung cancer is reduced by half compared to smokers. The risk of bladder cancer and cervical cancer is also reduced by almost half.
If approximately 15 years have passed since quitting smoking, the risk of coronary heart disease remains the same as that of non-smokers.
how to quit smoking
To quit smoking, we must first of all find motivation on the basis of which we can convince ourselves that we want to quit smoking. It could be anything. As we do not want our children to be passive smokers. You want to live a healthy life in the future.
After that, we need to see what emotional triggers we turn to when smoking. By controlling them, it will become easier to quit smoking. Apart from this, we also need to watch out for trigger foods. These can increase the urge to smoke cigarettes.
Apart from this, carefully observe and follow the points given in the chart below. If you are a smoker, commit today to freeing yourself from this toxic habit.
Graphics: Ankur Bansal
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Health note- What to do if you want to quit smoking: You will have to give up tea, coffee, alcohol and sugar.
In the United States, one in five deaths each year is caused by smoking. Every year, 4 lakh, 80,000 people die due to smoking. …