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Smoking contributes to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, which harm the intima and the media layers of arteries and predisposing to thrombi, aneurism formation and sclerosis (hardening of the vessel wall).

To answer your question, these plaques do regress with time, but diet and quitting smoking are necessary.

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