Smoking tobacco products can damage your body in many ways! If you quit smoking, can some of the harmful damage be reversed? Tara takes a look at some recent studies to find the answer. ...
========== Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - and if you're
a smoker who's been trying to quit, then boy do we have good news for you! I mean, relatively. Anyone who's participated in DARE, or read
a scientific article, or been alive on planet earth for more than a second, knows that cigarettes
are bad for you. On average, smokers die 14 years before non-smokers, and half of the
smokers who don't quit, are eventually killed by their habit. So clearly, they're terrible. But, you may
be wondering, what happens after I DO quit? Can the effects of smoking be reversed, and
how long would it take for that to happen? Before we answer that, let's examine the 2
major ways that cigarettes affect your lungs. The first thing they do, is destroy cilia,
which are t...