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Younger-looking and healthier body after quitting smoking
When you quit smoking, you'll reap many physical benefits.
- Your taste buds come back to life.
- Your sense of smell improves.
- Your voice may improve as irritation of the voice box (larynx) from cigarette smoke is reduced.
- Your hair and breath will no longer smell like smoke.
- You can breathe more deeply.
- You will have more energy and stamina.
You'll look younger and healthier.
- People who smoke have more wrinkles and other signs of aging.
- People who smoke are 4 times more likely to have their hair turn gray prematurely. 1
- Men who smoke are twice as likely to be bald or balding as people who do not smoke. 1
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| Author | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Author | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Michele Cronen |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry |
| Last Updated | July 24, 2007 |
| Last updated: | July 24, 2007 |
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| Author: | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Michele Cronen |
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