From: The Quit Benefits Model: a Markov model for assessing the health benefits and health care cost savings of quitting smoking
Year since quitting
Estimated RR
AMI
Stroke
Males
Females
Males and Females
1
0.66
0.75
2
0.49
0.63
3
0.41
0.57
4
0.37
0.36
0.54
5
0.35
0.34
0.53