Can Stopping Smoking Before Age 35 Wipe Out Health Risks Caused by Cigarettes?
Cigarette smokers who stopped smoking by the age of 35 years old had mortality rates similar to those of never smokers during a given time period, according to a new study that included more than half a million Americans.If you're a smoker older than 35, don’t despair — the findings, published on October 24 in JAMA Network Open, reported significant benefits for quitting later in life, too.“If current smokers younger than 45 years old quit (the age group that smokes the most), they will reduce their risk of dying from any cause close to that of someone who never has smoked,” says Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a professor at UNC Family Medicine and the director of the tobacco intervention programs at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in…