Ask the Doctor Smoking and the lungs - Part 1: Health risks and the benefits of quitting

European Respiratory Society (ERS) expert, Prof. Riccardo Polosa, has answered questions on the possible problems smoking can cause and what benefits quitting would provide for patients and the general public.

All questions were provided by the public in reply to our Smoking and the lungs factsheet, which can be found at: http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/index.php?id=15205

The European Lung Foundation (ELF) is the public voice of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), a not-for-profit medical organisation with more than 10,000 members in more than 100 countries. The ELF is dedicated to lung health throughout Europe, and draws together the leading European medical experts to provide patient information and raise public awareness about respiratory disease.

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