Younger-looking and healthier body after quitting smoking
When you quit smoking, you'll reap many physical benefits.
- Your taste buds come back to life.
- Your sense of smell improves.
- Your voice may improve as irritation of the voice box (larynx) from cigarette smoke is reduced.
- Your hair and breath will no longer smell like smoke.
- You can breathe more deeply.
- You will have more energy and stamina.
You'll look younger and healthier.1
Effects of Smoking Pipes and Cigars
Pipe and cigar smokers often wave off worries that smoking is bad for their health. They claim their habit is harmless and perpetuate the common misperception that pipes and cigars are somehow safer than cigarettes. In reality, these tobacco products carry the same health risks -- and sometimes even greater risks -- than cigarettes. Cigars and pipes differ in design from cigarettes, which are made from tobacco wrapped in thin paper. Cigars are wrapped in tobacco leaves, and unlike cigarettes, they...
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- People who smoke get wrinkles sooner and show other signs of aging.
- People who quit smoking have a better quality of life. They reduce their risks for cancer, lung diseases, heart attacks, strokes, blood vessel diseases, and blindness from macular degeneration. They also get sick less often from colds and flu. And they have less bronchitis and pneumonia.
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