Women Who Quit Smoking Increased Life Expectancy By 10 Years
Women who quit smoking before middle age live about
10 years longer than continuous smokers, according to a
study published in The Lancet.sup1/sup
Kirstin Pirie, MSc, of the University of Oxford in England,
and colleagues conducted a prospective study of 1.3 million
women from 1996 to 2001. Participants were resurvey...