Use these tips to avoid smoking setbacks and lower your cancer risk. BY Kellie Bramlet Blackburn If you’ve quit smoking, you should be proud. You’ve taken huge steps to improve your health and lower your cancer risk. The benefits of quitting smoking start right away and continue for decades. Within just 20 minutes of quitting your blood pressure drops. And after 10 years you’re 50% less likely to die of lung cancer. But how do you make sure you stay tobacco-free and avoid drifting into old behaviors and addictions? We talked to Maher Karam-Hage, professor of Behavioral Science and Tobacco Treatment Program director at MD Anderson Cancer Center, for tips on how to avoid smoking setbacks. Get ... [Read more]