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Association of Smoking Cessation With Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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Meredith S. Duncan, Matthew S. Freiberg, Robert A. Greevy Jr, Suman Kundu, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Hilary A. Tindle

It's never too late to quit.  Among heavy smokers, smoking cessation resulted in a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease within five years of quitting (hazard ratio 0.61), although their risk remained elevated compared to never smokers.

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