Stop smoking
“If someone’s a smoker, they got to stop. I feel sick when I talk to people who still smoke. It’s never too late to stop. Even quitting in your seventies improves survival. If patients want to do one thing for their health, it would be to stop smoking.” — Stuart Connolly, MD, director, division of cardiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
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