How many minutes do you lower your life expectancy with each cigarette that you smoke?

Question

Please give a source.

I've heard 6 minutes

Answer 1

I've heard is that a ciggy reduces your life expectancy 11 minutes

Answer 2

no one knows. All the claims are nothing more than baseless conjecture. There is no way to seriously quantify effects in terms of time or life expectancy. The American Cancer Society claimed for years that each cigarette took 7 minutes of one s life. They got that figure from a commercial for Pall Mall Gold 100", which was advertised itself as the "seven minute cigarette." They weer simply turning a commercial for a cigarette against the product. There was no, and is no scientific evidence. All the talk is simply propaganda, nothing else. There are some people who smoke and suffer no ill effects, same as with people who live with smokers. The converse is also true, along with all the possible permutations . Same can be said of "second hand smoke," Smoking tobacco, marijuana, tea leaves, colt s foot, etc., is a heath risk. That is all that can be said for certain. ,Not all that different from the possible side effects of script drugs for just about any ailment one wishes to mention. The sad reality of the world in which we live is that, those who claim to be speaking as being armed with scientific proof are just presenting baseless opinions. Study "scientific method." You will find that a great deal of what is presented as fact doesn t even make it to the level of hypothesis. Follow the money.

Answer 3

I just Googled your question and found a website that says each cigarette takes 8 minutes off your life. I have also heard anywhere between 2-10, so I'm not really sure. To be honest, I don't think there is a set amount of minutes, I think it's just a scare tactic for people to consider. If you were to think "Hmm, this cigarette will take _ minutes off my life", you might think twice about lighting up. That's how I look at it.

Answer 4

It takes 5 to 7 minutes to smoke a cigarette and if that is all you do then you rapidly loose 5 to 7 minutes. Then they claim it is about an additional 5 to 7 minutes but that is not correct.
My understanding is from experience the damage from smoking is very deep and long time residual. I smoked for eight years sometimes I quit for periods then others I smoked heavily, then other times lightly, then worked in bars etc. It has alot to do with diet and other things like are you around other smokers, do you air out your house/apartment regularily. It is much more damaging than is claimed. I am still after over 20 years having damage from smoking being undone from smoking but I had immediate results in many ways after quitting. My skin, teeth and nails stopped looking so yellow soon afterwards, I quit getting cigarette burns in things, the expense of smoking went away, my sinuses cleared up, food tasted better, I had more pocket money, my teeth stopped getting really bad and my gums, my mouth did not taste like an ashtray in the morning when I woke up, over the first few years the congestion in my lungs began clearing up which began showing as clearing away in chest xrays.

It is much more than 6 minutes a cigarette you are loosing and it affects the health of unborn children along with the children you raise if you smoke around them or even smoke as you carry in cigarette smoke tars on your body clothing and hair.

Answer 5

Whatchoo torkin bout lewis? it aint minutes baby it years!

the chemicals used in tobacco production now are 100 times more deadly than they were 50 years ago. Take a visit to youre local hospital and make sure you get to see the respiratory ward where many smokers are in their dying throes from having smoked as low as 5 a day to 200 a day. Many are still in their 40's but look 60-80 and have a life expectancy of months. Anyone who fails to heed the warning, be advised that beds become vacant quite quickly so theres no problem about waiting lists.

Answer 6

On average, smokers loose 11 minutes of life for every cigarette they smoke

Answer 7

11 minutes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/583722.stm
One cigarette costs 11 minutes of life
A pack of 20 costs three hours 40 minutes
A carton of 200 cigarettes costs 1.5 days

Answer 8

that's all just number-crunching.

you know some people will smoke for 60 years and die of causes COMPLETE UNRELATED to cigarettes, and some people will smoke for 5 years and get lung cancer.

it's not that simple, to be able to say how deadly each one is.

Answer 9

YOU TAKE 60 SECONDS OFF ,OF YOUR LIFE FOR EACH CIGARETTE YOU SMOKE .

Answer 10

Its all a bunch of bull. It differs for every person. Sure its not the best for you, but there is no set time you lose with every cigarrette. And there are plenty of other things that are equally unhealthy and harming for you.

I'll take my chances.