Clint
August 12, 2016, 5:26am
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firemonkey:
Smokers with serious mental illness have their lives cut short by about 15 years, compared with people who have never smoked and who do not have serious mental illness, research from the University of Michigan shows.
They also die 10 years earlier than those with serious mental illness who have never smoked.
This means smoking may account for nearly two thirds of the overall difference in life expectancy between individuals with serious mental illness who smoke, and never smokers in the general population
I’ve often wondered how much of the difference in life expectancy was caused by smoking. Now I guess I know, or at least have a strong indication. Thanks for posting the article.
Posted on May 23:
(edit)http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30228-8/fulltext
And another link from ns.umich.edu:
Smokers with serious mental illness have their lives cut short by about 15 years, compared with people who have never smoked and who do not have serious mental illness, research from the University of Michigan shows.
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