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Women who give up smoking extend lives by 10 years | Synopsis

Women who give up smoking extend lives by 10 years

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The new study is one of the largest on the hazards of smoking and the benefits of quitting among women born around the 1940s. A new study examines more than a million women in the United Kingdom Women who smoke throughout adult years have three times the risk of dying Women smokers are also at a greater risk of heart disease than male smokers Quitting smoking before middle age can virtually eliminate this risk (TIME. com) -- A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of premature death. Smoking remains the leading causes of preventable death in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

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-0.0588728"Only in the 21st century could we observe directly the full effects of prolonged smoking, and of prolonged cessation, on premature mortality among women," said Peto ...
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Organization: World Health Organization

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Organization: University of Oxford

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