Life Quitting Smoking

chagrin · 08-15-2005, 07:24 PM

Thank you Metro, I don't mean any offense here Big Red but your lungs do regenerate themselves. We could wrangle around with semantics with regards to lost lung 'capacity' but they do regenerate...
see below:

In three days cilia start to regenerate and usually within 6 months the normal cilia function is returned. Also over time, the extra layers of cells will be sloughed off and the lining tissue of the bronchus will return to normal.

Unfortunately, if a smoker waits until a malignancy has started, the outlook is grim. The overall 5 year survival rate for lung cancer is only 14%. Lung cancer, is a disease that while once uncommon, is now the leading cancer killer in both sexes.

08-15-2005, 07:24 PM	#9
chagrin Giggitty! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missoula, Mt Casino cash: $9804905	Thank you Metro, I don't mean any offense here Big Red but your lungs do regenerate themselves. We could wrangle around with semantics with regards to lost lung 'capacity' but they do regenerate... see below: In three days cilia start to regenerate and usually within 6 months the normal cilia function is returned. Also over time, the extra layers of cells will be sloughed off and the lining tissue of the bronchus will return to normal. Unfortunately, if a smoker waits until a malignancy has started, the outlook is grim. The overall 5 year survival rate for lung cancer is only 14%. Lung cancer, is a disease that while once uncommon, is now the leading cancer killer in both sexes. __________________ Times have changed, so have I, things are better now.
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