article_snippet: As well as helping with that weight loss, a recent study showed that you could get the same heart health benefits if starting exercise such as running or cycling after 40, as you would have done if you had started before the age of 30.
article_snippet: There are numerous other benefits from exercise too…what are you waiting for?
article_snippet: Smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers as shown in a study of one million UK women published last year.
article_snippet: If you can stop smoking before you are 40, you are 10 times less likely to have health problems than if you continue.
article_snippet: As well as benefiting your heart, you will see rapid improvements in your breathing, mood and reduce your risk of stroke, diabetes, cancer, circulation problems and numerous other problems.
highlights_snippet: It's also never too late to get active - or quit smoking, Dr Sally Norton says .