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Study: Women Who Quit Smoking by Age 40 Avoid 90% of Death Risk

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  • Among women smokers who quit before the age of 40, more than 90 percent of the excess mortality caused by continuing smoking was avoided; for women who quit before the age of 30, 97 percent of excess mortality was avoided.

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