For the last ten years, smoking is projected to have worsened the quality of life and life expectancy by significant amounts. Recent study suggests that every cigarette smoked corresponds to a reduction of approximately 20 minutes of life. Men tend to lose life expectancy by 17 minutes for every cigarette, while women lose 22 minutes. This is almost twice as much as earlier estimates. Hence, a lifelong smoker is expected to lose almost 10 years of their life compared to a non-smoker. Nevertheless, quitting at any age proves to be very beneficial, like quitting smoking before forty would increase their lifespan by around 90%. Even those who decide to quit smoking at the age of 75, experience an increase in the number of years lived. Even while the decrease in smoking rate is commendable, it remains one of the most rampant causes of preventable death, highlighting the importance of smoking cessation programs. Quitting smoking, no matter how many years you've spent trying to quit, is one of the best things you can do for your health which is reassuring. As an oncologist, I have witnessed the horrifying consequences of smoking on one's health: head and neck cancers, bladder cancers, lung cancers - the list goes on.
Top reasons to quit smoking and how to do so
