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What Are The Chances Of Leading A Healthy Life If Smoking Is Stopped?

I am twenty years old. I have had occasional cigarettes since I was 16, but I have been properly smoking for exactly two years, one month, and four days. I have rarely if ever had any less or more than a pack a day. I eat a small box of blueberries (about 1/4 of a pound in weight,) every day, rarely drink excessive amounts of alcohol. My diet is such: Breakfast - glass of milk, cup of coffee, three fried eggs, two toasts. Lunch - a few small mandarins, and stirfry veggies with rice. Dinner - two steaks and some mixed vegetables. I do not exercise properly in the gym; however, I do not go a day without large amounts of pushups, and long walks to fill my lungs with clean air. I get about 6-7 hours of sleep a night. Assume I quit now, cold turkey, and do not touch cigarettes ever again, and continue my relatively healthy lifestyle, is there a chance that my risks of cancer will drop? Is it already lowered due to my lifestyle?
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Hello there.
Smoking is always dangerous for health. If you continue to smoke with the lifestyle you have mentioned, you are still at the risk of developing cancers.
It is always safe for your health to quit smoking completely. The chances of developing a cancer would be reduced dramatically.
I must also tell you that your smoking habit will also harm you near ones due to passive inhalation of smoke of cigarette.
Hope you quit it soon.
Take care.
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What Are The Chances Of Leading A Healthy Life If Smoking Is Stopped?

Hello there. Smoking is always dangerous for health. If you continue to smoke with the lifestyle you have mentioned, you are still at the risk of developing cancers. It is always safe for your health to quit smoking completely. The chances of developing a cancer would be reduced dramatically. I must also tell you that your smoking habit will also harm you near ones due to passive inhalation of smoke of cigarette. Hope you quit it soon. Take care.