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What are the benefits of quitting smoking?

According to American doctors, the benefits of quitting smoking are as follows:

after 20 minutes: blood pressure drops to the level that occurred before the last cigarette was smoked; the temperature of the hands and feet rises to normal;
after 8 hours: the level of carbon monoxide (carbon monoxide) in the blood decreases to normal;
after 24 hours: reduced risk of heart attack;
in the period from 2 weeks to 3 months: cough, hyperemia, weakness and shortness of breath decrease; cilia of the respiratory epithelium restore normal functioning, increasing the ability to regulate the mucosa, cleanse the lungs and resist infection;
within 1 year: excess risk of developing coronary heart disease is reduced to a level half that of a smoker;
within 5 years: the risk of angina is reduced to the same level as that of a non-smoker;
within 10 years: the risk of dying from lung cancer is reduced to half that of a smoker; also reduces the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas;
within 15 years: the risk of developing coronary heart disease is reduced to the same level as that of a non-smoker.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Through which Scottish poet are Lermontov and Byron hypothetically related?

One of the most famous representatives of the Scottish Lermontov family is the poet, singer and seer Thomas Lermont, who lived in the 13th century, also known as Thomas the Rhymer. Although it is impossible to say unequivocally whether he was a real person or just a hero of legends, his image had a noticeable impact on Scottish and not only culture. Captive lieutenant Georg Lermontov entered the service in Russia in the 17th century, converted to Orthodoxy and became Lermontov, and the poet Mikhail Lermontov is among his descendants. An ancestor of George Byron named Gordon in the 16th century was married to Margaret Lermont, which gave the poet reason to include Thomas the Rhymer in his family tree. Finally, Byron's poetry and moral world had a noticeable influence on Lermontov's work, and one can speak of their relationship not only in the literary, but also (hypothetically) in the literal sense.

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