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Stopping smoking cuts women's early death risk within 5 years 

Women who stop smoking greatly reduce their risk of early death and cardiovascular disease just five years after they quit, according to a new study released in the United States.

The risk of death from smoking-related cancers also declines by about 20 percent over the same period, according to the authors of the study published in the May 7 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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