Effects of Smoking Cessation with developing Cancer

Smokers who quit smoking live longer than those who continue to smoke. Moreover, the sooner you quit smoking, the greater the health benefit. By quitting, you reduce the risk of a person dying from cancer and other smoking-related diseases.

How much risk is reduced depends on the number of years a person smoked, the number of cigarettes smoked in one day, the age at which smoking began and the presence or absence of disease at the time of quitting. Research has shown that people who quit smoking before age 35 reduce their risk of developing a disease related to snuff by 90 percent. Even smokers who quit smoking before age 50 significantly reduced their risk of dying from a disease related to snuff.