justgenius12
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A couple of years lower (like 3) than normal life expectany |
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Meche
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My dad smoked since he was 8 and he died at the age of 77 so it depends on the person too and their lifestyle. |
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nopers
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My grandfather smoked very excessively for his whole life and lived to be 89. He actually died about a week before his 90th birthday. |
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Always Right
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3 days |
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kipdawneast
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Since I'm a smoker I don't believe smoking is any worse for your health than any of theses chemicals that is put in our foods.Not to mention every other form of poisons that we breath, drink.You name it and it's not good for us.One day coffee and tea are bad for us that it was to the point they put the price up so high that the people couldn't buy it. Now making a good stash of money of that the price is gone down and it's all of a sudden great for us.The whole thing is called GREED FOR MONEY.Oh and we'll live just as long as anyone else |
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mnancy360
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my grand mother has smoked sence she was 12 and she still smokes (she is 89) |
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rostigernargal
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its got to be luck, you could smoke 40 a day and live to be a hundred or smoke only a couple a week and die young. unless you really enjoy it you should ask your self , is it worth the gamble especially if you want to see your kids grow up and for them to see you |
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pukid68
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There is no correct answer to this because there has been no specific study done on it beyond surveying. I would guess it would be shorter if a person develops heart disease or lung cancer, but that isn't necessarily going to happen to every smoker. |
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Jennifer Grissett
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63 or lower |
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timestamps
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ALL SMOKERS SHOULD, WILL DIE SOONER THEN NORMAL
we need to pass more no-smoking laws
60-70's is what they say now |
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belledejourdenoir
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Silent screen actress Talulah Bankhead smoked three to four packs of cigarettes nearly everyday of her long lived years.
She died in the late 1970's at the very old age of 96.
She was not just an occasional smoker. So how do you explain her longevity after smoking for years?
The cigarettes she smoked in the early 1900's were deadly compared to the cigarettes manufactured today.
Ms.Bankhead was also a criticly acclaimed silent screen actress of her time. Look up her credits. She was quite a dame. |
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inquisitive_me
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Don't know the exact answer but it is said that you can expect to cut short your life by 5 minutes on every smoke. |
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â™ SunShineâ™
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EVERY HOMAN BODY IS DIFFERENT FOR EXAMPLE; MY GRANDAFATHER SMOKED EVERYDAY SINCE HE WAS 12 AND HE PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS 80 YRS OLD. MY OTHER GRANDFATHER DIDNT SMOKE AND HE DIED AT AGE 52.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE ISNT A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, FOR YOUR PROJECT, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO DO RESEARCH ON WHAT THE AVERAGE DEATH WAS FOR SMOKERS AND NON SMOKERS. TRY TO FIND STATISTICS THAT SHOW THIS INFORMATION, AND GOOD LUCK! |
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john112233
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There probably isn't a statistic on that but i can tell you that usually its short. Remember this.A healthy heart and lungs can change the current situation. Good luck and much wisdom. |
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Quest4questions
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Your question is far too broad, as I'm sure everyone has pointed out to you already. How often is occasional?
There are way too many other factors, there are people who are heavy smokers who out live non-smokers, and there are non-smokers who get lung cancer.
One of the oldest women to live Marie Bremont of France (Died at 115) was a smoker! Towards the end of her life she was an occasional smoker, so if I wanted to use her as a case study I would say that the life expectancy of an occasional smoker is 115, and I give you Marie Bremont as an example.
My suggestion to you is to determine how many smokers your occasional smoker is smoking; and of course even then it's all going to be based on assumption. |
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periwinkle
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You know, that is impossible to say. Im sure you've noticed very old smokers who perpetually chainsmoke and seem to be going strong. Then you find thoise who smoke for a short time or die in their 30's of lung cancer. There are many factors such as predisposition to cancer and diet.
Smoking does lower your quality of life though. Not being able to breathe and feeling crappy from the cigarette chemicals are just a few reasons. |
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♥tendersighs♥
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Is there such a thing as an occasional smoker? |
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raven1971
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Why bother trying to find out don't start smoking and you won't have to worry about it my Father died at age 60 from lung cancer. If you smoke, quit if you don't smoke don't start. In fact don't think about it find a healthier habit like drilling holes in your head you may as well if you start smoking i can say all of this because i quit smoking and never felt better. STOP MAKING THE TOBACCO COMPANIES RICH STOP SMOKING CIGARETTE'S!!!!! IT IS NOT COOL AND DOES ABSOULUTLY NOTHING FOR YOU.... |
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merrigandesign
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about the same as a regular auto comuter. |
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LitlBit
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my great uncle was a heavy smoker and lived until he was 98, my grandmother was a heavy smoker and only lived until she was 74. it's not just about smoking, it's about your entire lifestyle and genetics can play a part as well. |
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Kiki
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i'd say like, maybe a 30% more chance of dying |
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billyZarabbit
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30 minutes after his last cigarette. |
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Tater Salad
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It's genetic. My great grandmother lived to be 99 years old. Never got cancer, never developed emphasima, never had damaged vocal chords. And she smoked non-filters all her life. Then you have people who just grew up around it dying of second hand and lung/throat cancer. When you're numbers up would be my answer. |
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trouble
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depends on the definition of occasional. and if they have always smoked and is tring to quit and their health to begin with... so if i were you call your local office of the cancer society and they have the statics or go online to their web site.. that's the best way for accurate answers.. |
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auto_racing77
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30 seconds lol |
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treseuropean
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Less than 73 years...I'd go with 63 or lower. |
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♥Kayleigh
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They say with every cigarette you smoke you lose 3 minutes of your life. But with the time it takes to smoke it your really wasteing another three.
I would think the age to be around 65 for an ocasional smoker. But i am not a doctor. |
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tracycat_2
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well i dont no what to tell you about the life expectancy of an occasional smoker but here are a few sites that you can look at to maybe help you. www.quit-smoking-stop.com and look under the harmful smoking effects. One more cite that might be of help is www.cdc.gov/tobacco and at the top of the page you will find the heading fact sheets click on that and then go to Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking. I hope this be of some help to you and good luck on ur health project. I hope you get A+. |
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Anna787
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It depends how much you smoke. It also depends how long you would have lived if you didn't smoke. I'd say you die four to five years earlier than you would have if you didn't smoke. I also read that if your smoke one cigarette, it takes five minutes of your life. |
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alwayscurious
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I don't think you can pick a precise age, as everyone lives their lives differently. Stress, smoking, drinking, drugs, health problems are all factors. But from I heard it decreases your life about 10 years. But if you quit smoking within approximately 2 years your lungs would almost look as if you didn't smoke. Assuming you haven't smoked for 40 years. |
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Peter
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EDIT: People see to be confused by what "life expectancy" is. It's the average age a person will die. Living an unhealthy lifestyle puts you at risk for an illness or disease that will kill you reducing the average life expectancy of everyone in your group. So if we are talking about smokers (that is one variable. They could be fat, thin, a daredevil or conservative, die of lun cancer or die in a car acident they are all smokers so they are all put into the group), of course there life expectancy will be less because smoking increases the chance of the mutation that causes cancerous cells to grow in your lungs. So please stop answering this question with your bis opinions and start answering it with your head.
/Edit over
Honestly if this is what smokers tell themselves to feel better that's their own issue but the question was what is the life expectancy and no one has really answered it. Of course it'll be lower since smoking raises the risk of many life threatening illnesses as well as causes damage to the respitory system. It's difficult to calculate life expectancy since it requires long term research but here are a few statistics:
"Of every 100 non-smoking men aged 45 in 1995, about 90 will survive to the age of 65, and 55 will still be living at the age of 80.
However, of every 100 male smokers aged 45, 80 will survive to the age of 65, and fewer than 30 will still be living at the age of 80."
"In the 50-year study of a group of almost 35,000 British doctors, the pioneering epidemiologist Richard Doll, who is now 91, and his colleagues found that almost half of all persistent cigarette smokers were killed by their habit, and a quarter died before age 70.
The study also found, however, that kicking the cigarette habit had equally dramatic effects. He found, for instance, that someone who stops smoking by age 30 has the same average life expectancy as a nonsmoker, and someone who stops at 50 will lose four, rather than 10, years of life.
"What we now know is that consistent cigarette smoking doubles mortality rates in both middle age and old age," said Richard Peto, Doll's 30-year associate in the ongoing study. "But we also know that stopping smoking will significantly limit the harm." "
" “Action on Smoking and Health” tells us that a 30-year-old smoker can expect to live about 35 more years, whereas a 30-year-old nonsmoker can expect to live 53 more years. "
This isn't to say that a smoker can't live to be 100, it just means that the odds are against you |
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