Will a smoker’s lungs clean themselves if they quit smoking and how long does it take?

I smoked about 40 years, 2 packs/day for many of those years. About one year after stopping, I asked my doc to check my lungs. He did a chest xray and a PFT. The PFT tech said, “wow!” I asked wh…

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