I have been a smoker for 4 months. If I quit now will the chances of me getting cancer & stuff still be high?I have had on average about a cigarette a day for those 4 months.. So it has been kind of alot. If I quit, I can, but I don't want to still die really young or anything.
the_only_solorose
your risk for cancer and emphysema will decline every day that you are smokeless, it takes about a year to return to pre-smoker levels of risk.
Elvis O
The lungs like the liver are one of the few major organs that will regenerate. I wouldn't worry one bit as long as you quit soon.
canam
Slim to none. 1 cigarette a day-really its like you never smoked.
cowboy in scrubs
Kay is right, and the "rule of thumb" has always been after 10 years of not smoking, it is like you never smoked. While you may heal from the damage you are doing within a year, most don't consider you "out of the woods" for 10 years because some people have such adverse affects to the ingredients in cigarettes that there can be genetic changes. For example, you may have a predisposition to Rheumatoid Arthritis, but those genes would have never "turned on" except for the fact that you started to smoke. We are still learning all the harmful affects of smoking. Congratulations on your decision to quit.
lady of liberty
we all die of something why worry
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