Quitting cigarettes before the age of 40 is (almost) like never having smoked. The probability of still being alive at age 80 was almost the same among those who had never smoked (less than 100 cigarettes during their life) and those who stopped before age 40.
In other words, giving up cigarettes before your forties allows you to hope to live as long as if you had never touched them! Subscribe Already subscribed? To log in, go to the page you came from.