Here is what you need to know about how smoking affects your blood vessels and why it is worth quitting
doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-059219 Heated Tobacco Products, Tobacco Tactics, updated 13 August 2025, accessed 28 April 2026
The 1980 nicotine gum study by Raw produced a whopping 38% rate, in 1982 Jarvis found a 31% rate, in 1983 Schneider 30%, in 1984 Hialmarson 29%, in 1986 Daughton 31%, in 1987 Kornitzer 32%, and in 1989 Tonnesen boasted a 44% one year quit smoking rate
cdc.gov/asthma/images/ Cigarettes kill 490,000 Americans every year
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