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34 439 male UK doctors
• Persistent smokers
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died 10 years younger than non-smokers
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50% killed by tobacco-induced diseases
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25% killed before age 70
• Life duration over study period
•
increased in non-smokers
•
stable in persistent smokers
Doll BMJ 2004