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Quality of Life Better in Non-smokers Than Heavy Smokers
According to the studies in Archives of Internal, not only does smoking reduce men's lives between seven and 10 years, its increased capacity per day also brings down the health-related quality of life - even in people who later quit smoking.
The report that focused on smoking cessation strategies also linked smoking with consequential poor nutrition and lower socio-economic standing.
Arto Y. Strandberg, M.D., of the University of Helsinki, and colleagues interviewed white men born between 1919 and 1934, who were healthy at their first evaluation, held in 1974.
These men were then mailed follow-up questionnaires in 2000 enquiring their current smoking status, health and quality of life while number of deaths was tracked through 'Finnish' national registers.
However, in between the 26-year follow-up period, it was found that 372 men (22.4 per cent) from 1,658 questioned had passed away.
Those who never touched a cigarette lived an average of 10 years longer, than those who smoked heavily with more than 20 cigarettes per day.
The non-smokers further topped the health-related quality life list in terms of physical functioning as opposed to heavy smokers who's health deteriorated at an increasing rate with the rise in their cigarette consumption per day.
Their grave smoking further led heavy smokers to experience declined health corresponding to 10 years of aging.
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