Quitting smoking lowers your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, and respiratory complications
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Carter BD, Abnet CC, Feskanich D, Freedman ND, Hartge P, Lewis CE, et al
These results, it seems to me, are more than just the opinion of a few statisticians, as you stated You have stated that there is nothing new, that the evidence is just statistical, and that no cause and effect relationship has been demonstrated. Your statement troubles me because I had always thought that such evidence as valid
It was also linked to an excessive increase in heart size and weight (mass), even after controlling for competing risk factorsan important finding given the potential relationship between an increase in heart thickness and the higher risk of cardiovascular mortality
The most representative biomarkers are cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, and t,t-muconic acid (TTMA), a metabolite of benzene, which are quite attributable to their specificity and sensitivity among the various urinary metabolites of tobacco 13,14
