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Quitting smoking is a journey

Krishnan-Sarin says for now, she and other tobacco and addiction experts are extrapolating from that research to help patients who want to quit vaping

Smokers who quit before theyre 40 years old can get back almost all of the 10 years of life expectancy smoking takes away. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States, killing more than 480,000 Americans each year

Spotlight on the Vox: 40, 50, 100W

Because last time we checked, smoking was still the cause of around seven out of every 10 cases of lung cancer, with around 76,000 people in the UK dying from the habit each year, according to the NHS

Some lie within a persons control like diet and exercise, while others, such as family history and ethnicity, are beyond a persons control