Quitting smoking reduces a person’s risk of lung cancer, heart attack, stroke, age related dementia, COPD, emphesyma, erectile dysfunction and fertility problems, as well as cancers of the mouth, throat, stomach, bladder, pancreas, breast and colon. Read below to see how a smoker’s body starts to heal within 20 minutes of quitting smoking.

Quitting also reduces the likelihood of the nonsmokers in a smoker’s life contracting life threatening illness. Secondhand smoke exposure is risk for lung cancer, heart attack, breast cancer, age related dementia, and other illnesses.
Smoke Free Spartanburg supports a variety of community programs designed to help smokers quit. It is never too late to quit smoking.