# When do the benefits of quitting smoking kick in?

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**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-the-benefits-of-quitting-smoking-kick-in/488484 "2009-03-06T04:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-the-benefits-of-quitting-smoking-kick-in/488484/1 "2009-03-06T04:45:54Z")

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So I decided to quit (only my 2nd attempt in the 16 years I’ve smoked) and haven’t had a cigarette since sunday. I hear all these great things like your sense of smell gets better, things taste better, you turn into superman etc. So far all the effect I have is that I’m not doing something that I enjoy and I feel like strangling people a lot more than usual.

So not smoking may add 20 years to my life but at this rate I’ll spend them in prison.

Please tell me it gets better soon.

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