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For former smokers, 10 years after quitting, the rate of death from smoking is reduced to one-third that of continuing smokers, according to international researchers who say that by 20 to 29 years the death rate was similar to that of people who have never smoked. The study investigated the chances of death for over 430,000 people in the US, and the team say that their findings emphasize that sustained quitting can mean former smokers have almost the same smoking-specific death rates as people who have never smoked.
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About The Study: Excess cardiovascular mortality among former smokers was about one-third that of continuing smokers within the first decade after quitting, and the cardiovascular mortality rate of former smokers was similar to that of never smokers 20 to 29 years after quitting in this study of 438,000 U.S. adults. These findings emphasize that with sustained cessation, cause-specific mortality rates among former smokers may eventually approximate those of never smokers.
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