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Chest xray
My friend used to take 2 cigarettes per day. It's been 4 months he left smoking, if we do a chest x ray still will it show that he was smoking or the effect of smoking?
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2 cigarettes per day since how long ?
Unlikely to show on xray if it's not been long enough.
P.s no previous pathology present.
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Yes. It will still show the effects of smoking. In fact the process of lung damage is arrested at the stage when you stop smoking but there is no reversal of damage.
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