Comments on: Smokers' Immune Systems Just Don't Know When to Quit, Study Suggests http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/25/smokers-immune-systems-just-dont-know-when-to-quit-study-suggests/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Katie Burridge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/25/smokers-immune-systems-just-dont-know-when-to-quit-study-suggests/#comment-3354 Katie Burridge Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:25:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/25/smokers-immune-systems-just-dont-know-when-to-quit-study-suggests/#comment-3354 This appears to be true of humans too. Many ex-smokers have reported that while they were active smokers they never really got sick (discounting the eternal phlegmy couch), but once they stopped smoking, all of a sudden, their immune system seemed to be completely useless and they became ill a lot more readily. Food for thought...? This appears to be true of humans too. Many ex-smokers have reported that while they were active smokers they never really got sick (discounting the eternal phlegmy couch), but once they stopped smoking, all of a sudden, their immune system seemed to be completely useless and they became ill a lot more readily.

Food for thought…?

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