After a few years According the the NHS, long-term benefits of quitting smoking include: Your longer-term risks of cancer, lung disease, heart disease and stroke will be significantly reduced, and: after 1 year, risk of heart attack halves compared to a smoker's after 10 years, risk of death from lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker after 15 years, risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked You will also be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, bone disease including osteoporosis, eye disease and dementia. Benefits for the rest of your life and beyond When you become a person who doesnt smoke, you will likely live longer
Other pharmacodynamic effects of nicotine: Nicotine is an effective appetite suppressant and causes modest acute increases in the metabolic rate (Benowitz, 1992)
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When you quit smoking, food can become a way to compensate for this emotional regulation previously provided by cigarettes
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