A new study reveals that smoking significantly shortens life expectancy, with each cigarette potentially cutting 20 minutes off a person's life.
Each cigarette smoked could shorten a person's life by 20 minutes, according to new estimates. The new figures represent an increase from previous estimates, which suggested a cigarette shortened a smoker's life by 11 minutes. The data suggests that if a person who smokes 10 cigarettes a day quits on January 1st, by January 8th they could 'prevent the loss of a full day of life'. By February 20th, their lives could be extended by a whole week.
If their quitting is successful until August 5th, they will likely live for a whole month longer than if they had continued to smoke. The figures come from an analysis commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care and carried out by researchers from University College London (UCL). According to the new estimates, the average man loses 17 minutes of life with every cigarette they smoke, while a woman's life is cut short by 22 minutes with each cigarette. Researchers analyzed up-to-date figures from long-term studies tracking the health of the population. They said that the harm caused by smoking is 'cumulative' and the sooner a person stops smoking, and the more cigarettes they avoid smoking, the longer they live. The authors added: 'Studies suggest that smokers typically lose about the same number of healthy years as they do total years of life. 'Thus smoking primarily eats into the relatively healthy middle years rather than shortening the period at the end of life, which is often marked by chronic illness or disability. 'So a 60-year-old smoker will typically have the health profile of a 70-year-old non-smoker.' The 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. 'This is time that would likely be spent in relatively good health. 'Stopping smoking at every age is beneficial but the sooner smokers get off this escalator of death the longer and healthier they can expect their lives to be
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