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Sep 16, 2011 - Why Quit Smoking    No Comments

Benefits of quitting smoking

Why should we quit smoking?

First to realize the benefits of quitting smoking:

Just quit one day, the benefits of quit smoking on the heart, blood pressure and blood system,  will be apparent.

Quit smoking after one year, Your excess risk of coronary heart disease is decreased to half . Because

smoking is directly linked to 30% of all heart disease deaths  in the United States each year.

5 years -15 years after quitting, stroke risk dropped to the level of never smokers.

Quit smoking 10 years, the risk of lung cancer than continuing smokers reduce by half. Risk of oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer risk reduction, to reduce the risk of suffering from gastric ulcer.
Quit smoking 15 years, the risk of coronary heart disease is similar with never smokers. The overall risk of death to return to the level of never smokers. Therefore, any time to quit is notlate, preferably before the serious health damage smoking cessation.

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