People often feel that smoking can help them manage stress, keep them from eating, or even help them concentrate. The fact of the matter is that there is no level of smoking that is not harmful . At any age smokers are twice as likely to die as non-smokers.
Smoking affects most organ systems and even affects other people through secondhand smoke.
This information may be old news to many smokers, but perhaps the following ideas about how to quit will be of interest. First, let's talk about what happens if you quit. Your risk of coronary heart disease will go down quickly, and you will live longer. In one to three years your heart disease risk is at baseline, and in 15 years your lung cancer risk will be at baseline. Nicotine is largely eliminated through the kidneys, so to promote this cleansing one should drink plenty of fluids, but not coffee and alcohol which are associated with smoking.