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Title Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Wired Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/02/24 Description Giving up smoking brings the inflammatory response back to where it would have been without cigarettes, but smoking-related epigenetic changes may be tougher to reverse, suspects Sheena Cruickshank, an immunologist at the University of Manchester. The affected immune cells are long-lived, sticking around in the bloodstream for years. Ex-smokers may have to carry traces of their past cigarettes with them until those cells die. Producer/Author Celia Ford URL https://www.wired.com/story/smoking-immune-system-long-lasting-effects/ Persons Sheena Cruickshank