A new analysis reveals that smoking significantly impacts lifespan, with men losing an estimated 17 minutes and women 22 minutes for each cigarette smoked. This surpasses previous estimates and emphasizes the cumulative harm of smoking. The study, commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care, highlights the benefits of quitting, showing that a 10-cigarette-a-day smoker who quits on January 1st could prevent a full day of life loss by January 8th and potentially live a month longer by August 5th.
Smokers have been urged to kick the habit as they enter the new year after new analysis reveals the time lost by each cigarette smoked. The new stats reveal that men lose approximately 17 minutes of life with every cigarette smoked, while a woman's life is cut short by 22 minutes for each cigarette experts have revealed.This figure surpasses previous estimates, which suggested that each cigarette shortens a smoker's life by 11 minutes.
"Read more: The King and Prime Minister pay condolences to 179 victims of South Korea plane crashRead more: British teen, 18, 'surrenders' to Dubai authorities to begin one-year sentence after 'holiday romance’ with London girl, 17The analysis, to be published in the Journal of Addiction, concludes: "We estimate that on average, smokers in Britain who do not quit lose approximately 20 minutes of life expectancy for each cigarette they smoke.
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