Wonderful Ways Your Body Changes When You Quit Smoking

Fifteen Years Later The Risk Of Heart Disease Equals A Non-Smoker’s

As previously discussed, individuals who smoke are at a much higher risk of developing heart disease in the future than someone who does not smoke! This is, once again, because of the narrowed arteries that smoking causes. In addition, heart disease has been linked to individuals who have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a lack of exercise. All of these appear in individuals who smoke more often than those who do not! In addition to making individuals more at risk of developing heart disease, evidence also shows that smokers are at a three hundred percent higher risk of dying from heart disease! This gets even higher when other lifestyle factors are taking into account. Individuals who quit smoking can decrease their risk again. This is an excellent thing for them and those around them! It will take up to fifteen years for a smoker's risk of heart disease to equal that of a non-smoker's.