Nothing to do with food or nutrition, but important in health terms nonetheless …
It has been suggested that for every cigarette smoked, life expectancy is decreased by 20 minutes. In itself this figure is meaningless, particularly to those who have the odd cigarette. To provide a little clarity however, I’ve made a few calculations. The results are staggering. This means that if just 10 cigarettes are smoked each day, over a year life expectancy has been reduced by 50 days!
http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/
http://www.quit.org.uk/
http://www.ash.org.uk/