Canadian scientists from the University of Toronto have discovered at what age it is most appropriate to quit smoking. The study was published in the scientific journal magazine NEJM Evidence.
According to experts, quitting smoking is good for health at all ages, and there will be a significant increase in life expectancy within a few years of giving up the bad habit. And those who quit before age 40 can expect to live almost as long as people who have never smoked.
After 10 years of quitting smoking and other tobacco products, the body is almost completely restored, and about half of the beneficial effect is achieved in just a few years.
The scientists’ findings are based on a large observational study that followed 1.5 million people in the US, UK, Canada and Norway for 15 years.
Smokers between the ages of 40 and 79 are almost three times more likely to die prematurely than those who have never smoked. So smoking takes an average of 12-13 years of life. When a person quits smoking, they gain six years of life expectancy after just three years of quitting tobacco.
Experts have found that quitting smoking reduces the risk of death from vascular disease and cancer, and also increases survival from respiratory diseases.
Global smoking rates have fallen by more than 25% since 1990, but tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death.
Previous scientists I learnedIt revealed that quitting smoking after the age of 50 reduces the risk of lung cancer by 39%.