A study found that the factual number of early-deaths due to smoking more than 10 cigarettes is alarming. It is also equal to the number of deaths in non-smoker teens who are obese. Smoking heavily at an early age is dangerous. Smoking more than 10 to cigarettes carry the same risk of death as carried by teenage overweight (here we are not considering obese). The highest risk is with those people who are obese as well as smoke more than 5 cigarettes a day.
The Study
The study was carried on about 45,000 men who were conscripted for military services at the age of 16 to 19 as they had above normal body mass index or were habitual smokers. They were observed for about the average age of 38 years. About 2,897 died by then. Study shows that they have 5 times more risk of dying early than non-smokers of same age with healthy weight. The research also put some light on the fact that smokers who generally take up the habit early, continue it for long in their adulthood which definitely means increased threat.
What The Findings Show
People who are obese as well as smoke more than 5 cigarettes a day have 5 times more risk of dying early than non-smokers of same age with healthy weight. The risk for overweight person of dying early in their life is about one —third .But the risk doubled with obese people. Moreover risk of dying increased with the intensity of smoking .Smoking cigarettes more than 10 a day just doubled the risk. The most fatal risk is for obese chain smokers. Another outcome of the study was that even seriously underweight people also had increased risk of early death.
What Can Be Done?
A public health initiative can save the young from death so early. If something cannot be done at the family level then a legal restraint can at least save the young lives from getting lost so early. This is keeping smoking in mind. For the Obesity factor, he family and the individual should take note of that and help themselves from the situation.
Youngsters Smoking More Than 10 Cigarettes Close To Premature Death
By surya