Previous studies have observed that smoking duration has the greatest influence on COPD risk and this also occurs in other diseases such as lung cancer810,14,15 and cardiovascular disease.24 Thus, people who smoke with a lower intensity for a longer period of time have a higher risk of lung cancer than those who smoke with a higher intensity in a shorter period.8 In relation to COPD, this aspect has not been as extensively studied as in lung cancer
She agreed that "no amount of smoking is safe." She said that quit-smoking efforts can work, but "true success is to avoid [initiating] tobacco exposure altogether." SOURCES: Patricia Folan, DNP, director, Center for Tobacco Control, Northwell Health, Great Neck, N.Y
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