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Long-term benefits of quitting smoking
One year after quitting:
Risk of Heart Disease drops to half that of a non-smoker
Five years after quitting:
Risk of Stroke is the same as a non-smoker with five to fifteen years
Ten years after quitting:
Risk of Lung Cancer will drop to half that of a smoker (90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking)
Risk of oral, throat, esophagus, kidney, pancreatic plus other types of cancer also decreases
Fifteen years after quitting:
Risk of Heart Disease will be the same as that of a non-smoker
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