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Addiction (Expert Forum)
Reversal of negative effects of smoking by teens
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Reversal of negative effects of smoking by teens
by Mike__0__0, Apr 08, 1999 12:00AM
I started smoking 8 years ago when I was 15. I have smoked about a pack aday the whole time. I am in the process of trying to quit.
I had always heard that within a few years of quiting your risk for such things as lung disease, heart attacks and strokes goes down to nearly the same as a non-smoker. However on the news the other night a saw a very breif report that the damage cased by smoking as a teenager does not reverse and quiting smoking will still leave you with significant damage.
I'm tring to quit so I can have a longer and healthier life; however, this new information is quite disturbing. If you could give me anymore details on how much of the damage I've already done to myself and if this information on teen smoking is correct I woould appreciate it.
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