"Smoking has been proven bad for your health, but it's a choice
However, the extent to which arterial damage is reversed depends on factors such as the duration and intensity of smoking, your overall health, and whether you adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle Immediate Improvements Within minutes of your last cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure begin to drop, reducing strain on your arteries
For light or infrequent smokers, making the home and car smoke-free could be enough to encourage quitting, says Stanton Glantz, PhD, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco
He concentrated his efforts in bringing mild aromatic tobaccos to the rapidly expanding American market to which his company continues to supply a substantial share of products
Died 13 May 2012, in Sutherland, Scotland Sources: The Scotsman/The Herald/Personal communications Hat tip: allmedia Scotland
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