Younger-looking and healthier body after quitting smoking

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

Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS	Last Updated: July 24, 2007
Medical Review:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine John Hughes, MD - Psychiatry
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