Is the Damage from Smoking Permanent?
Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting — no matter what your age — are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be completely undone?
bladder 膀胱
cervix 子宫
pancreas 胰腺
prodigious: very large or powerful and causing surprise or admiration