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Benefits of quitting smoking

In the first weeks

Compared to smokers, you will...

  1. Reduce your risk to get diseases such as larynx cancer and ulcers
  2. Improve your blood pressure and cardiac rhythm,
  3. Enhance your breathing and blood circulation

In a few years

  1. Reduce by half your risk of having bladder and cervical cancer and stroke
  2. Reduce by half your risk of having lung cancer 10 years after quitting
  3. Have the same risk of getting a stroke as a non-smoker between 5 and 15 years after quitting.


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Last update: 09-26-2016.

Source: U.S Department of Health and Human Services (2008). Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update: Clinical Practice Guideline. DIANE Publishing.