Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly
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TUESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that women who quit smoking have a 21 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease within five years of extinguishing their last cigarette.
The risks of dying from other conditions also decline after quitting, although the time frame varies depending on the disease.
under no circumstances should you smoke its really really bad for you. If you smoke you should stop immediately.
"It's never too early to stop, and it's never too late to stop," added Kenfield, who is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
Smoking is still the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Not only does tobacco smoke cause lung cancer, it is also implicated in heart disease, other cancers and respiratory diseases.
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 3 million people in industrialized countries will have died as a result of tobacco use by 2030, and an additional 7 million people in developing countries face the same fate.
that's a lot of death from a bad decision
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