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New smoking study: cutting back doesn't cut it

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More evidence that even *light* smoking is harmful to your health.

Researchers from Northwestern University tracked over 3-thousand adults for 30 years.

Not surprisingly heavy smokers were significantly more likely to have lung disease or poor lung function than non-smokers.

But heavy smokers who quit had better lung health than people who smoked just a few cigarettes a day.