Chapter 3 Mortality And Longevity Data

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About half of regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit: about

one quarter in old age and one quarter in middle age, with those killed by smoking in

middle age losing an average of about 20 to 25 years of life expectancy.

Mortality from Smoking, p. A1

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10% of all smokers die before reaching age 55, but only 4% of nonsmokers. By age

65, 28% of smokers are dead, but only 11% of nonsmokers. By age 75, 57% of the

smokers are dead, and 30% of the nonsmokers.

Smoking Tobacco and Health, Centers for Disease Control, 1989

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An adult male nonsmoker has an 89 percent chance of living to age seventy; a smoker

reduces his chances of surviving this long to 69 percent, or almost triple the risk of

premature death.

Deadly Choices, p. 162

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A male cigarette smoker at age 32 has an 80 percent chance of surviving to age 60,

while a nonsmoker has a 93 percent chance.

Strategies to Control Tobacco Use, p.23

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A 40 year prospective study of a male British physicians examined the effects of

cigarette smoking on survival to age 70 and to age 85. Never-smokers had an 80%

chance of survival to age 70, and a 33% chance of survival to age 85. In smokers of

25 or more cigarettes per day, 50% survived to age 70, and only 8% to age 85.

Mortality from Smoking, p. A16

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