How many years do bad habits shorten life?
One cigarette takes you 14 minutes, and a serving of alcohol takes up to 7 hours
InopressaDo you think there will be no harm from one cigarette?
"In fact, it can take almost 14 minutes of a smoker's life," writes The Daily Mail, referring to the calculations of scientists, which are given on the new website Treatment4addiction.com "They calculated how much a smoker, a drunkard or a drug addict shortens their life from taking the next dose," explains journalist Madeleine Davis.
For example, it is claimed that if you regularly smoke 20 cigarettes a day, you will live 10 years less than you could. An alcoholic deprives himself of 23 years of life, and someone who chronically uses cocaine – 34 years. The calculations are based on official statistics, including data from the US and UK departments.
Project manager Jake Tri explained that the methodology gives approximate, not clear figures. "There are too many factors to calculate with absolute accuracy how much time you lose because of one smoked cigarette or one serving of alcohol," he noted. But, according to him, the technique gives fairly accurate forecasts for those who chronically use a certain harmful substance.
The newspaper cites infographics taken from the aforementioned site (here is a reduced copy of the first of the 10 posters – VM).
So, with chronic use, one cigarette takes 13.8 minutes of life, one dose of cocaine – 5.1 hours, one serving of alcohol – 6.6 hours, one dose of methamphetamine – 11.1 hours, one dose of methadone – 12.6 hours, one dose of heroin – 22.8 hours.
If we calculate by the average daily doses, then a smoker shortens his life by 4.6 hours every day, an alcoholic by 14.1 hours, a cocaine addict by 33.7 hours, and those who use methadone, methamphetamine and heroin by 50.4 hours, 58.8 hours and 68.4 hours, respectively.
The site examines the cases of average smokers, alcoholics and drug addicts. The smoker started smoking regularly at the age of 17.8 years. Smoked 20 cigarettes a day. He died at 68.7 years old. Smoked for 50.9 years. Smoking shortened his life by 10 years – that is, by 13%.
A typical alcoholic starts drinking regularly at the age of 16, drinks an average of 2.14 servings a day and dies at the age of 55.6 years. Alcohol consumed 29% of his life (23.1 years).
The average cocaine addict starts using the drug regularly at the age of 20 and dies at the age of 44.5 years. He loses 44% of his life (34.5 years).
A person who regularly uses methamphetamine, on average, starts doing it at 19.7 years old and dies at the age of 36.8 years. He loses 53% of his life (41.9 years).
Someone who regularly uses methadone starts doing it at the age of 22.3 years and dies at 40.5 years. He loses 49% of his life (38.2 years).
Someone who regularly uses heroin starts doing it at the age of 23 and dies at 37.5 years old. He loses 52% of his life (41.2 years).
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