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What do you know about living a smoke-free life?

Your body begins to make impressive changes just minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, and those changes continue for years. Test your knowledge of smoking-related health statistics and find out some of the benefits of quiting. If you score a perfect score, let us know and we will send you some Clear the Smoke promo gear to award your knowledge.

1. Your heart rate drops less than half an hour after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

2. The carbon monoxide in your blood drops to normal within a day after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

3. Your risk of a heart attack goes up 2 weeks after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

4. Your lungs begin to work better 3 months after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

5. You cough more and have more difficulty breathing 9 months after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

6. You have half the risk of a smoker for developing coronary heart disease 1 year after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

7. You have the same risk of stroke as a nonsmoker 5 years after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

8. You are more likely than a smoker to die of lung cancer 10 years after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

9. You have less risk of developing cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas 10 years after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

10. You have the same risk of coronary heart disease as a nonsmoker 15 years after you quit smoking.

  1. True
  2. False

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