为什么要戒烟

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Pam is 42, a mother of two, Pam今年42岁，是 两个孩子的妈妈，

and she has smoked nearly two packs a day for over 25 years. 而且她抽烟超过25年，每天将近两包。

Her kids had begged her to quit for years. 她的孩子们多年来一直恳求她戒烟。

She had started smoking outside to spare them the secondhand smoke, 为了不让孩子们吸二手烟，她开始在外面抽烟，

but she wasn't ready to stop. 但她还没准备好停止。

Then, her daughter brought home a brochure that changed everything. 后来，她女儿带回家一本小册子，改变了一切。

Pam had always assumed the damage was already done, that it was too late. Pam一直以为损害已经造成，为时已晚。

But she learned the opposite. The body begins to heal almost the moment you stop. 但她了解到事实并非如此。身体几乎在你停止的那一刻就开始自我修复。

Within 20 minutes, your blood pressure drops. 20分钟内，你的血压就会下降。

Within a day, your risk of a heart attack starts to fall. 一天之内，你心脏病发作的风险就会开始降低。

Within months, you breathe easier and cough less. 几个月内，你会呼吸更轻松，咳嗽也会减少。

Within years, your risk of cancer sinks toward that of someone who never smoked at all. 几年之内，你患癌症的风险会降到与从不吸烟的人相似的水平。

That was what Pam needed to hear. 这正是Pam需要听到的。

It wasn't too late after all. 毕竟，一切都还不晚。

And that may be the most hopeful fact about the human body. 这也许是关于人体最令人充满希望的事实。

Give it half a chance and it will start repairing the harm, 给它哪怕一点点机会， 它就会开始修复损伤，

the very moment you let it. 就在你允许它的那一刻。