Smoking harms your health in many ways. It can increase the risk of serious diseases like cancer and also has many other bad effects on health. This is why health experts often recommend quitting smoking. Meanwhile, a shocking revelation has come to light in a recent study. This latest study revealed that if a person addicted to smoking can control his addiction, then it can increase his lifespan by one year. Let's know about this study in detail-

What does the latest study say?

This study published in The Lancet Public Health Journal revealed that reducing the global smoking rate by 2050 can increase the average lifespan of men and women. According to the study, reducing smoking by five percent can increase the average lifespan of men by one year and the average lifespan of women by 0.2 years. According to this study, it is important for every person to reduce this addiction so that their lifespan can increase.

The study also found that restricting the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths in 185 countries by 2095. "We need to sustain efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate smoking worldwide. Our findings highlight that eliminating smoking could prevent millions of premature deaths," said senior author Stine Emil Vollset of the Institute for Cancer Research.

How can smoking be harmful?

• miscarriage
• Type 2 Diabetes
• erectile dysfunction
• Fertility issues
• premature Ageing
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases.
• Lung disease, including COPD, TB, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis.
• Heart and vascular disease, which can lead to heart attack, stroke, or heart failure.
• Eye diseases, including cataracts, macular degeneration, vision loss, and blindness.
• Birth problems, including low birth weight and birth disorders (birth defects) in babies born to people who smoked during pregnancy.