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[viii] Blood Vessels Damage The picture above illustrates how the lining of your arteries (=endothelium) gets damaged by nicotine and other cigarette toxins: a) the platelets (=cells causing blood clots) get activated and attached to the artery, b) antioxidants (Nitric Oxide, or NO) reduce and free radicals, damaging your cells, increase c) the white blood cells called macrophages start eating fat and turn into foam cells, which attach to the artery wall and form plaque

One study provided a booklet-based intervention with a booster phone call with three arms using a RCT [27], and the authors reported a 11.4% self-reported 7-day abstinence rate at 3-month follow-up, compared to the usual care group (2.9%) or a different booklet-based program (5.6%

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