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.
2007-10-01 05:29:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
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.
2007-10-01 05:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by cowboy in scrubs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slim to none. 1 cigarette a day-really its like you never smoked.
2007-10-01 12:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by canam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-10-01 12:35:24 · answer #3 · answered by Elvis O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-10-01 12:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Healthy people are only dieing slower.
2007-10-05 01:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we all die of something why worry
2007-10-01 12:59:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋