India, May 31 -- World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced 'Unmasking the appeal: exposing industry tactics on tobacco and nicotine products' as the theme for this year.

While we all know that consumption of tobacco is harmful to overall health, certain lifestyle trends have made smoking appear attractive. Therefore, it becomes essential to know how quitting tobacco improves our health.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Tanya Khanna, nutritionist and yoga trainer at Alyve Health, explained how quitting tobacco kickstarts the healing process in our body in just 20 minutes to 20 years.

"Tobacco use remains one of the leading causes of preventable illness and...