Cholesterol
A study examining the health risks of smoking measured the cholesterol levels of people who had smoked for at least 25 years and people oof similar ages who had smoked for no more than 5 years and then stopped.
| Smokers |
Ex-Smokers |
| 225 |
250 |
| 211 |
134 |
| 209 |
300 |
| 284 |
249 |
| 258 |
213 |
| 216 |
310 |
| 196 |
175 |
| 288 |
174 |
| 250 |
328 |
| 200 |
160 |
| 209 |
188 |
| 280 |
321 |
| 225 |
213 |
| 256 |
257 |
| 243 |
292 |
| 200 |
200 |
| 213 |
271 |
| 246 |
227 |
| 225 |
238 |
| 237 |
163 |
| 232 |
263 |
| 267 |
192 |
| 232 |
242 |
| 216 |
249 |
| 216 |
242 |
| 243 |
267 |
| 200 |
243 |
| 155 |
217 |
| 216 |
267 |
| 271 |
218 |
| 230 |
217 |
| 309 |
183 |
| 183 |
228 |
| 280 |
|
| 217 |
|
| 305 |
|
| 287 |
|
| 217 |
|
| 246 |
|
| 351 |
|
| 200 |
|
| 280 |
|
| 209 |
|