This is great news, but is this new? I feel like I’ve heard my entire life that smoking is not reversible and that if you start, it will cut 5 years off your life.
My father smoked a ton growing up, so I never had any interest starting. I was one of the few people in my friends group who didn’t. Thankfully, my father and most of those friends stopped probably 10+ years ago, so this chart is helpful.
I mean this picture only mentions two very specific conditions. Im sure all the other things like cancer behave differently and some risks will probably never go back to pre smoking levels. There are sooo many health issues related to smoking.
I don’t recall the source, but I remember learning this (maybe at a museum exhibit on smoking effects on the body?) sometime in the mid 90s. This graphic mirrors my memory that by 15+ years your body has mostly recovered to as if you hadn’t started.
8 to go then…
