| Everyone knows that quitting smoking can decrease
your risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke, thus increasing
your life expectancy. But did you know that a
65-year-old man who quits smoking buys himself an estimated
two more years of life, and a 65-year-old woman who snuffs the
nicotine habit can add almost four years to her life?
A study published in
the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health
by researchers at Duke University and the American
Cancer Society revealed that quitting smoking at
virtually any age increases life expectancy. Researchers
compared the smoking and mortality rates of more than 800,000
participants enrolled in a cancer-prevention study. |
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Although the
results are encouraging for smokers in their 60s who are
considering quitting, the researchers point out that quitting
earlier in life produces even greater increased life
expectancies. |
