| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| 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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