News, Women smokers who quit by 30 'evade earlier death risks' (lung, smoking)

[JD59]

Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million women in the UK.

The results, published in the Lancet, showed lifelong smokers died a decade earlier than those who never started.

BBC News - Women smokers who quit by 30 'evade earlier death risks'

[mvintar]

Originally Posted by John1960

Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million women in the UK.

The results, published in the Lancet, showed lifelong smokers died a decade earlier than those who never started.

BBC News - Women smokers who quit by 30 'evade earlier death risks'

All I can say is that I smoked fore 18 years, and quit 20 years ago. I have some incipient COPD in the lower bouts of my lungs but no showing of lung cancer, as per recent evaluations. And back then, I smoked everything that didn't smoke me, if you follow me, but that was a different era, one where mj was not particularly associated with crime, violence or hard drugs, as it apprently is now.

I wouldn't smoke anything now, under any circumstances, FWIW. Smoking is the most sure thing that will cause problems, according to John Robbins -- more than the chemicals in foods, drinking (he recommends red wine, but not much of it). Some people insist that smoking mj is not damaging to the lungs, but I don't believe it. Even with a vaporizer. Just don't smoke. Anything. And quit if you are smoking now. Period.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by John1960

Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million women in the UK.

The results, published in the Lancet, showed lifelong smokers died a decade earlier than those who never started.

BBC News - Women smokers who quit by 30 'evade earlier death risks'

I didn't quit til I was in my 70s but I am sure glad I finally did. As for those who die earlier as lifelong smokers, I am sure there is a lot of truth to this. Partly because of the lung damage and partly due to people who smoke their entire lives probably also have other bad habits.