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Fitness & Health

07th Feb 2017

This is what happens to your body after you quit smoking

Alan Loughnane

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Ditch the cigs…

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the world every year, killing around 5 million people annually.

According to Health Service Executive figures taken in 2014, in Ireland about 19.5% of the population would classify themselves as smokers.

It breaks down at 54.1% of smokers being male and 45.1% being female with an average of  12.71 cigarettes being smoked each day.

HSE figures show that in 2014, Ireland’s death rates from smoking related diseases was 9% higher than the European average.

Although the number of smokers in Ireland has declined, there’s still a significant portion of the public smoking on a daily basis.

The people over at AsapScience have created a video where they break down how your body changes when you give up cigarettes.

It makes for interesting viewing for anyone thinking of quitting…

Video via AsapSCIENCE

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Smoking