Even after years of smoking cessation, levels of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) are significantly higher in former smokers compared with never-smokers. |
Even after years of smoking cessation, levels of atherosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] are significantly higher in former smokers compared with never-smokers. |
Even after years of smoking cessation, levels of atherosclerosis are significantly higher in former smokers compared with never-smokers. |
How much you smoked matters more than how long ago you quit. Smokers should quit as soon as possible, and new smokers should be aware that there will be a lifelong risk. Cessation can reduce risk but it can't erase it. |
We saw there was a strong and direct relationship between arterial wall thickness and increasing levels of risk of former smoking. |