Benefits of Quitting

Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general.
Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, reducing risks for diseases caused by smoking and improving health in general.
Smoking causes the following diseases and conditions:
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- acute myeloid leukemia
- cancer of the bladder, cervix, esophagus, kidney, larynx, lung, mouth, pancreas, stomach, and throat
- cataract
- coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases
- periodontitis
- pneumonia and chronic lung diseases
- reproductive effects and sudden infant death syndrome

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