Every cigarette you smoke costs an average of 20 minutes of your life, according to new research by University College London. With smoking cutting into healthy middle years and reducing life expectancy by a decade, experts urge smokers to quit as the new year approaches
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Smoking remains one of the most significant preventable causes of disease and death worldwide.
With the new year approaching, experts are calling on smokers to kick the habit, supported by fresh research that reveals the devastating toll cigarettes take on health and life expectancy.
The shocking numbers behind smoking
A recent study by researchers at University College London (UCL), commissioned by the UK Department for Health and Social Care, has unveiled new insights into the damage caused by smoking.
On average, a single cigarette cuts 20 minutes off a person’s life — 17 minutes for men and 22 minutes for women. For a 20-cigarette pack, that equates to nearly seven hours of lost life.
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