Smoking Reduces Your Lifespan – Every Cigarette Costs You Minutes!

Smoking cigarettes is harmful to our health. The extent of this damage is so great that it can even shorten your life expectancy. Smoking just one cigarette a day is shortening your age. In such a situation, it is absolutely necessary to know how much your age is decreasing in years. Smoking not only affects various parts of your body but also reduces your life expectancy.

Premature Aging Due to Smoking

A recent study conducted by the University College of London shows that a person who smokes one cigarette a day has a shorter life expectancy than a non-smoker.  Smoking one cigarette a day can shorten your life expectancy by 20 minutes. The report published in the Journal of Addiction states that smoking one cigarette shortens a man's life expectancy by 17 minutes and a woman's life expectancy by 22 minutes.

According to the said research, if a person smokes 10 cigarettes in a day and he quits smoking this January, then one day of life loss can be reduced till January 8. He can extend his life expectancy by one week till February 5th and by one month till August 5th. If you don't smoke for a full year, you can reduce your risk by 50 days. Some people waste 10 years of their life by smoking.

The Bitter Truth About Smoking

Smoking does not shorten the lifespan of old age. This bad habit spoils the beautiful moments of your life. In such a situation, when you are 50-60 years old, you get the disease of 70 years old people. This means that the health profile of a 60-year-old smoker will be similar to that of a 70-year-old non-smoker. Smoking causes many health conditions like heart disease and stroke. Smoking increases the risk of this condition by nearly 50 percent.  Smoking affects the lungs, heart and brain.