They definitely improve their health, and since they won't cause anybody to commit passive smoking I suppose they'd improve the health of those around them.
If they have emphysema or bronchitis already, quitting will reduce the effect it has on them (emphysema is a disease of the alveoli, bronchitis of the bronchae). The carbon monoxide in the smoke also would no longer bind with hemoglobin in their blood to form carboxyhemoglobin, wasting oxygen that could be used for respiration, so they get more tired easily etc.
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to avoid judgement means clearing those thoughts in your head that declare you as "good" for eating lower-calorie foods or as "bad" for eating a cookie, burger or nachos. this internal voice develops these thoughts through years of dieting and exposure to messages in magazines, on television or from friends and family. Avoiding judgment is not judging yourself or anyone for the foods they decide to put in their shopping cart or in their bodies.
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