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What is my heart attack risk when I quit smoking?

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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
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  • Post category:Physical health / Smoking
  • Post published:March 11, 2016

15 years after you’ve stopped smoking, your risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked.

Source: What happens when you quit? @ NHS Smokefree

Image by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin from Chalakudy, India (cigarette.. like a cigarette in the rain) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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