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CHANTIX
is proven to be effective, but it's not a magic quit smoking pill.
For most people, smoking is both a physical and behavioral addiction.
Source: Company web site
QUITTING SMOKING
There is nothing easy about giving up
cigarettes. But as hard as quitting smoking may be, the results
are well worth it. One year after you stop smoking, your risk
of coronary heart disease will drop by more than half. Within several
years, it will approach, the heart disease risk of someone who has
never smoked.
This
means that no matter what your age, quitting smoking
will lessen your chances of developing coronary heart disease.
Meanwhile, for those who now have heart
disease, giving up cigarettes lowers the risk of a heart attack.
Quitting also reduces the risk of a second heart attack in women who
have already had one.
A person's increased risk of contracting
disease is directly proportional to the length of time that a person
continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked. However, if someone
stops smoking, then these chances gradually decrease as the damage to
their body is repaired. A year after quitting, the risk of contracting
disease is half that of a smoker. |