I think the claims are true, but the headline and content is a bit over dramatized. Here are the studies, you can draw your own conclusions: http://www.ncbi.n

I think the claims are true, but the headline and content is a bit over dramatized. Here are the studies, you can draw your own conclusions: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1573365 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1573365 "The subjects were 1445 male smokers, initially aged 40-59 years" ... 20 years later "total mortality was 7% lower" for people who stopped smoking (7% is barely significant given the sample size) And also http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00000487 http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00000487 Showing similar results.