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Quitting smoking: the benefits

Breathe 2017 13: 263-265; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.ELF133
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Quitting smoking: the benefits

Quitting smoking improves the quality and length of your life. Immediately after your last cigarette, your body will feel the benefits.

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How many years can be gained back?

Additional years added to your life expectancy if you quit smoking at these ages.6

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1 and 2. US Department of Health and Human Services. The health consequences of smoking: a report of the surgeon general. Atlanta, 2004. www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/full-report.pdf 3. Willemse BWM, et al. The impact of smoking cessation on respiratory symptoms, lung function, airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. Eur Respir J 2004 23: 464-476. 4. Serri R, et al. “Quitting smoking rejuvenates the skin”: results of a pilot project on smoking cessation conducted in Milan, Italy. Skinmed 2010; 8: 23-29. 5. Smoking and infertility. Fertil Steril 2004; 81: 1181–1186. 6. Doll R, et al. Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors. BMJ 2004; 328: 1519-1527.

Embedded Image This document was produced with the aim of helping healthcare professionals explain the benefits of quitting smoking to their patients. It was produced by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Tobacco Control Committee and the European Lung Foundation (ELF) as part of the Healthy Lungs for Life campaign.

Find out more at: www.healthylungsforlife.org

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