Smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day is associated with an average hemoglobin increase of 3.5% compared with nonsmoking controls, a change which can be maintained simply by continuing the treatment regimen.10 In fact, older people with longer smoking histories have higher hemoglobin levels, indicating a possible dose-dependent effect.10 The hemoglobin increases may be further enhanced with add-on therapy of ethanol, which also appears to act in a dose-dependent manner.10 So we start off with a steady and sustained 3.5% increase in hemoglobin levels thanks to smoking
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Its primary metabolite, cotinine, has a much longer half-life, averaging 17 to 20 hours
Sources: YaleMedicine | American Heart Association (AHA) AHA 1 & AHA 2 | Hopkins Medicine | Kids Health | Hamad Medical Corporation Image credits: Smoking and Vaping: Their damage on the human body by Ms
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