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You can see the benefits of smoking after just 20 minutes as your heart rate will begin to return to normal. If you manage to quit the habit for a year, your risk of heart attack will have halved. The graphic shows the changes you can notice in your body when you stop smoking

Stoptober: You can see the benefits of quitting smoking after 20 minutes, experts reveal

It permanently damages your lungs, drastically raises your risk of cancer and can cost you thousands of pounds over the course of your life. But regardless of the obvious downsides, millions of us still smoke. In fact, nearly 7million Britons and 31million Americans are hooked on cigarettes. Although rates have plunged over the past few decades, …

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