This article from BBC News highlights the work of Sir Richard Doll who has completed a 50 year study into the effects of smoking.
It seems you can kiss 10 years of your life goodbye if you keep on puffing but the damage can be repaired if you quit early enough. I’m just thankful that I’ve never even tried smoking.
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.
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