5 Years After Quitting
Your risk of having a stroke is now equal to a nonsmoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990)

10 Years After Quitting
The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix and pancreas decrease.
(U.S. Surgeon General's Report, 1990)

15 Years After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease is now equal to a nonsmoker's.
(U.S. Surgeon General's Report, 1990)

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