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Younger-looking and healthier body after quitting smoking

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By Debby Golonka, MPH

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When you quit smoking, you'll reap many physical benefits.

  • Your taste buds come back to life.
  • Your sense of smell improves.
  • Your voice may improve as irritation of the voice box (larynx) from cigarette smoke is reduced.
  • Your hair and breath will no longer smell like smoke.
  • You can breathe more deeply.
  • You will have more energy and stamina.

You'll look younger and healthier.

  • People who smoke have more wrinkles and other signs of aging.
  • People who smoke are 4 times more likely to have their hair turn gray prematurely.1
  • Men who smoke are twice as likely to be bald or balding as people who do not smoke.1

References

Citations

  1. Mosley JG, Gibbs AC (1996). Premature grey hair and hair loss among smokers: A new opportunity for health education? BMJ, 313(7072): 1616.

Credits

Author Debby Golonka, MPH
Editor Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor Michele Cronen
Primary Medical Reviewer Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry
Last Updated July 24, 2007
Last Updated: 07/24/2007