Abstract
Quitting smoking improves the quality and length of your life. Immediately after your last cigarette, your body will feel the benefits.
Quitting smoking: the benefits
Quitting smoking improves the quality and length of your life. Immediately after your last cigarette, your body will feel the benefits.
Choose a longer life
How many years can be gained back?
Additional years added to your life expectancy if you quit smoking at these ages.6
Sources
1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. 2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 3. European Respiratory Journal 2004. 4. Skinmed 2010. 5. Fertility and Sterility 2004, (http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(04)00883-0/fulltext). 6. BMJ 2004 7. New England Journal of Medicine: (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1211128?viewType=Print&viewClass=Print&)
This document was produced with the aim of helping healthcare professionals explain the benefits of quitting smoking to their patients. It was produced by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Tobacco Control Committee and the European Lung Foundation (ELF) as part of the Healthy Lungs for Life campaign.
Find out more at: www.healthylungsforlife.org