HEALTH
What are the health benefits of quitting smoking and tobacco use?
According to the CDC, quitting smoking and quitting tobacco has immediate and substantial health benefits. These can include a decreased risk of many cancers including cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, larynx, and lungs and reducing the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.
What are the health effects of smoking?
According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking causes chronic and often fatal diseases, such as lung cancer and other forms of cancer; heart disease; and respiratory diseases, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and pneumonia. Each year in the United States, over 440,000 people die as a result of cigarette smoking. This represents one in every five deaths in adults.

