Mortality Risk For Male Cigarette Smokers

Thanks to the information and support which helped smokers give up smoking, Britain has achieved the world's largest fall in premature death from lung cancer.
This is according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.

The report, written by two Oxford Professors, Sir Richard Peto and Sir Richard Doll gives the following risk snapshot.

This study found that among men who continue to smoke -
The risk of death from lung cancer before the age of 75 was 16%.
For those who quit at age 50 the risk was 6%.
For those who quit at age 30 the risk was 2%

There are about 10 million smokers in Britain and about 5 million will be killed by tobacco if they don't stop!
Smoking is still the biggest cause of premature death in Britain, with 6 million tobacco related deaths over the last 50 years.

The message that comes from the risk information above is - "It's NEVER too late to stop smoking. Quit now.