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(from the BBC)
Smokers 'will die 10 years early'
About 12m British adults smoke
Smoking cigarettes cuts an average of 10 years off a person's life, a landmark study suggests.
But it also shows that quitting at any age reduces the risks of dying from smoking-related diseases.
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, are the culmination of a 50-year study involving 34,439 men.
The study, which began in 1951, was the first to confirm the link between smoking and lung cancer exactly 50 years ago.
All of those involved in the study were born between 1900 and 1930 and all worked as doctors.
They were each asked about their smoking habits at the start of the study in 1951.
Researchers contacted them periodically over the next 50 years to see if those habits had changed.
Since the study began in 1951, tobacco has killed around 100 million people
They also gathered information on those who died during the period.
They have now analysed that data.
They found that men who have never smoked lived on average 10 years longer than those who smoked for most of their lives.
Men who smoked were at least twice as likely to die before the age of 70 as non-smokers.
(from the BBC)
Smokers 'will die 10 years early'
About 12m British adults smoke
Smoking cigarettes cuts an average of 10 years off a person's life, a landmark study suggests.
But it also shows that quitting at any age reduces the risks of dying from smoking-related diseases.
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, are the culmination of a 50-year study involving 34,439 men.
The study, which began in 1951, was the first to confirm the link between smoking and lung cancer exactly 50 years ago.
All of those involved in the study were born between 1900 and 1930 and all worked as doctors.
They were each asked about their smoking habits at the start of the study in 1951.
Researchers contacted them periodically over the next 50 years to see if those habits had changed.
Since the study began in 1951, tobacco has killed around 100 million people
They also gathered information on those who died during the period.
They have now analysed that data.
They found that men who have never smoked lived on average 10 years longer than those who smoked for most of their lives.
Men who smoked were at least twice as likely to die before the age of 70 as non-smokers.
) yet the country would be pennieless without all the tax it gets from the cancer sticks!