New Study

[Swanbird]

Has anyone seen this?  PLEASE read this and be so grateful you quit.  Newbies hopefully this will reinforce your quit.  GREAT NEWS! 

Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking - BBC News 

[sweetplt]

Great article Thank you...~ Colleen 423 DOF 

[JonesCarpeDiem]

to a point

"Your lungs have an almost "magical" ability to repair the some of the damage caused by smoking - but only if you stop, say scientists."

[Barbscloud]

Always interested in new research.   If it's accurate, it's certainly good news.   Don't think will ever be free of the damage we've done to our lungs even when we quit, but this gives hope to quitters.

Barb

[green1611]

Good News and Excellent motivation to new joiners.

Very happy to read article.

[Giulia]

Isn't THAT happy news!  

And if you're still sitting on the fence:  "The overwhelming majority of cells taken from a smoker's airways had been mutated by tobacco, with cells containing up to 10,000 genetic alterations.  These can be thought of as mini time bombs, waiting for the next hit that causes them to progress to cancer,"  (emphasis, mine)  - SO DON'T TAKE THAT NEXT HIT

[Swanbird]

Ugh yes!  I don’t ant a cigarette so bad right now but this is saving me!

[elvan]

Thanks for sharing this.

Ellen