Smoking
What happens to you when you quit smoking?
The sooner you quit, the sooner you’ll notice changes to your body and health. Look at what happens when you quit for good:
After 8 hours – Your oxygen levels are recovering, and the harmful carbon monoxide level in your blood will have reduced by half
After 48 hours – All carbon monoxide is flushed out. Your lungs are clearing out mucus and your senses and taste and smell are improving.
After 2-12 weeks – Blood will be pumping through to your heart and muscles better because your circulation will have improved
After 3-9 months – Any coughs, wheezing or breathing problems will be improving as your lung function increases by up to 10%
After 1 year – Great news! Your risk of heart attack will have halved compared with a smoke
Need Support?
Quit Smoking - Better Health NHS
Better Health is the latest campaign from NHS which aims to encourage everyone to make healthy changes and empower adults and children to live healthier lives.
Whether you want to lose weight, get active, drink less or quit smoking, Better Health gives people the tools and resources to make small changes to improve their health.
Many people try to quick with willpower alone, but it's much easier to go smoke-free with the right help. There are lots of support options available so try a combination that works for you.
Find out more on the NHS Quit Smoking page.
Your Health Notts
Your Health Notts is Nottinghamshire’s smoking cessation service that offer smoking cessation services tailored to meet your needs for anyone from the age of 12 years old.
The stop smoking service is free, friendly and can massively boost your chances of quitting for good. We all know that quitting smoking improves physical health, but it’s also proven to boost your mental health and wellbeing: it can improve mood and help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression.
Get in touch today by telephoning 0115 7722515 or visit Your Health Notts.
Signposting
Across Rushcliffe we have created a Population Health Management Calendar. Each month focuses on a health category and promotes services available to anyone. Find resources on what you can do to improve your health.
The Social Prescribing Team have put together a full, easy to understand, list of directories for health and social care conditions. Each one is filled with tips, links to websites offering help, and information about services offering support on the issue. View the health directories.