Chapter 3 Mortality And Longevity Data

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The increase in life expectancy of a man who quits smoking between the ages of 35

and 39 is 5 years; for a woman it is 3 years.

U.S. News and World Report, November 20, 1993, p.11

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Each smoker who dies a result of tobacco-induced disease would have lived at least

on average at least 15 additional years if a nonsmoker.

Growing Up Tobacco Free p.3

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The harmful effects of continuing to smoke are apparent even among women older

than age 75. Compared with nonsmokers, women smokers ages 65 to 74 have a

more than two-fold increase in mortality; death from smoking-related cancer is

increased 8- to 10-fold. Women smokers over age 75 had more than a 5-fold

increased risk of dying from a smoking-related cancer.

Archives of Internal Medicine, March 25, 1996, p. 630

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About one death in four overall in the United States and one death in two designated

as "premature," is attributable to smoking. Among people admitted for inpatient

treatment of alcoholism, tobacco-related causes of death are significantly more

frequent than alcohol-related causes.

Journal of the American Medical Association 275:1097, 1996

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The average smoker loses 2580 days of lifespan.

Wall Street Journal, January 9, 1997, p. A10

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