Heart Surgeon Jeremy London Calls Smoking the No. 1 Habit Damaging Every Organ
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Updated · The Mirror · Jul 3
Heart Surgeon Jeremy London Calls Smoking the No. 1 Habit Damaging Every Organ
3 articles · Updated · The Mirror · Jul 3
Summary
Dr Jeremy London, a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon with 25 years of experience, said on The Mel Robbins Podcast that smoking is the single most dangerous habit and the one thing he would never do.
London said cigarettes "damage every organ" and linked them to lung cancer, while stressing he does not judge smokers because nicotine is highly addictive and quitting is difficult.
NHS Better Health says smoking can cause heart disease, cancer, vision loss, dementia and high blood pressure, but the body begins recovering quickly after quitting.
Within 20 minutes of stopping, pulse rate returns to normal; after 8 hours, carbon monoxide in the blood halves, and after 10 years the risk of dying from lung cancer is half that of a continuing smoker.
The NHS says free local stop-smoking services can improve quit rates and help people access treatments including nicotine replacement therapy and medicines such as bupropion.