The health risks of smoking are worse than we thought, an Australian researcher said Friday.
But the good news is that those who quit in their 20s or 30s avoid about 90 per cent of the excess risk compared with those who never smoked.
"We used to say in the 1960s that smoking was like throwing dice in terms of whether you would die from it or not," Australian National University health expert Emily Banks said. "Then we said it was like tossing a coin. Now, we're...read more here: Smoking is bad - really bad



