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famously observed on January 11, 1979 (the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of the landmark US Surgeon Generals report on smoking and health) that now women who smoke like men die like men who smoke. By 1986, deaths from lung cancer in women had surpassed those of breast cancer, and by the early-2000s more cases of lung cancer were being diagnosed in women than in men

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Supporting Someone Who Wants to Quit Stopping smoking or vaping leads to rapid health improvements: 20 minutes: heart rate and blood pressure begin to decrease 12 hours: carbon monoxide levels in the blood return to normal Weeks: breathing and circulation improve One year: risk of heart disease drops significantly Nicotine dependence is common, and relapsing can be part of the quitting process