1 cigarette can decrease life expectancy by 20 minutes: Data

New research from the United Kingdom has revealed that life expectancy can decrease by an estimated 22 minutes for women and 17 minutes for men due to a single cigarette.

In 2000, data published in The BMJ estimated one cigarette would only cost a person 11 minutes of their life.

Since this estimate, daily cigarette consumption in Britain has dropped significantly for men (15.8 to 11.5) and women (13.6 to 9.5), according to the data published in December.

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