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Smoking doubles the risk of developing coronary artery disease (the blood vessels supplying the heart), which can lead to heart attacks. However, quitting smoking rapidly reduces this risk, so that one year after quitting, the risk of death from coronary artery disease is nearly halved, and this declining trend continues over time.
Smoking also increases the risk of stroke and peripheral vascular disease, whereas...
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