The authors concluded that in patients with SMI, the gap in life expectancy between current smokers and non-smokers was 7 years in females and 5 years in males. Based on life expectancy in the United Kingdom general population in 2012,8 the life expectancy gap for females was 15.1 years for current smokers and 7.8 years for non-smokers. The life expectancy gap for males was 15.2 years for current smokers and 10.2 years for non-smokers. Thus, smoking accounts for about half of the life expectancy gap in women and one-third of the gap in men. The mortality risks associated with smoking were similar to comorbid alcohol and opioid use disorders. Study strengths included the large sample size, use of clinical registry data, and consideration of multiple potential confounding factors.
The Bottom Line
Smoking is associated with decreased life expectancy in patients with SMI. Given the high prevalence in patients with SMI, smoking makes a substantial contribution to premature mortality. Therefore, comprehensive implementation of effective smoking cessation interventions could have a substantial impact on improving life expectancy in this patient population."
This attitude to prolong the inevitable for as long as you can makes me angryā¦
They literally pumped my grandad with antibiotics until he couldnāt actually physically eat or drink.
So in short, they let him die of either dehydration or starved to death
Why would this be regarded as the āmoralā thing?
This attitude that life is worth living until the second you die has indoctrinated these people who āhave a duty of careā - and I think itās an outrage that people leave this world with such an ideology that leads them to pain
If I was him, my advanced decision would have been to pull the plug much sooner, and I knew him well. Heād have agreed.