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Beyond the financial savings, quitting smoking reduces the risk of developing smoking-related illnesses, such as lung cancer and heart disease

Toxins metabolized by CYP1A1: The CYP1A1 enzyme is involved in the metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the intestines, thus playing a role in smoking -related cancers from the activation of the aromatic hydrocarbons

Councilman Steve Levin, a former smoker, did so because smokers will be hit harder "in the pocketbook." "I know how difficult it can be to quit and there are a lot of people who would love to quit and are unable to do so," he told Newsday

Hays proposed trying out other replacements during the withdrawal period, such as nicotine lozenges or regular hard candies