Everyone knows by now that smoking is a leading cause of cancer , heart disease, and other life-threatening and chronic conditions. Smokers considering quitting, or those who have already quit, often believe that the damage inflicted on thelungs from smoking will not only cease, but will alsoreverse. According to experts, this is only partly true.
While some parts of the lungs may heal from the damage caused by smoking, much of the damage is permanent and will leave smokers (and quitters) at an increased risk for a range of health problems.
Smoking destroys cilia, which are tiny hairs in your lungs located in a thin layer of mucus in the upper airways and breathing tubes. The cilia's main function is to protect your lungs against infection. Dirt and pathogens, which are trapped by the layer of mucus, are pushed up and out of the lungs by the wave-like movements of the cilia. This makes the cilia the lungs' natural cleaning and repair system. This system in general, and the ciliain particular, are paralyzed and destroyed by the poisons in cigarette smoke. However, functioning cilia can begin regenerating within a few days of quitting smoking, and may completely return to their original functioning after an extended period; statistics show that people who have quit smoking reduce their risk of developing lung cancer to that of a person who has never smoked, within 10 to 15 years after quitting.

interesting to know these for all smokers and me casual smoker.

@op, everybody is liable to die one day. That's the arguement a chain smoker would make.

Nice info,i quit smoking last week and i pray 2 God 2 see me through in dis...Smoking kills,

It's difficult to help a chain smoker ,really difficult.it's sad that some have selfishly chosen this path not minding what their love ones will feel If they die of smoke associated illnesses.

People who smoke know the truth but go ahead and do so still.


well, only they can explain why. I saw ds ad and cldnt but wonder..had to take d pix