Enhanced psychological stress directly affects cellular oxidative stress, reducing the activity of antioxidant enzymes SOD and Catalase, increasing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and exacerbating lipid peroxidation (MDA), leading to collective oxidative damage in cells and tissues
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One of their key messages is around the immediate and long-term health benefits brought about by quitting smoking: Within just 20 minutes, heart rate and blood pressure drops 12 hours after stopping smoking, the carbon monoxide levels in blood drops and returns to normal levels Between 2 and 12 weeks, circulation will have improved and pulmonary function increased Over the first 9 months, coughing and breathlessness diminishes 1 year after quitting smoking, the risk of contracting a coronary disease is approximately half that of a smoker Between 5 and 15 years after quitting smoking, the risk of suffering from a cerebrovascular accident drops to that of a non-smoker 15 years after having quit smoking, the risk of suffering from a coronary disease equates to that of a non-smoker
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