Smoking one cigarette shortens life expectancy by 20 minutes
Smoking a single cigarette can shorten lifespan and negatively impact health, according to a new study.
Researchers at University College London (UCL) found that smoking just one cigarette reduces life expectancy by approximately 20 minutes.
The findings reveal that women lose around 22 minutes of life expectancy per cigarette, compared to 17 minutes for men.
"This is quite significant, insofar as the old estimate was based on incomplete data from the British Doctors Study, which had not concluded at the time of the previous estimate," Lion Shahab, professor of health psychology at UCL who didn’t partake in the study, told Euronews.
"The impact of smoking on shortening life expectancy nearly doubled, which is reflected in the new estimate," he added.
(QG - Source: Euronews / Picture: © Pixabay)