It’s NEVER too late to quit smoking – even in your 60s – but the sooner you do it the longer you will live, experts claim

IT is never too late to quit smoking — even in your 60s, a study shows.

Those over 70 are three times more likely to die from the effects than those who never smoked.

2

But the younger that they quit, the less likely they are to be killed by related diseases.

The National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US, followed 160,000 over-70s for six years. They compared never-smokers, ex-smokers and smokers.

During the study 16 per cent of participants died — 12.1 per cent of them non-smokers, and 33.1 per cent current smokers.

2

Related Stories

PUMP IT UP

What is a penis pump and how do you use one?

QUIRKY

Parents put twist on traditional baby name - now it sounds like a 'metal band'

SPIRIT

We're Hooters girls - we wear hot costumes instead of our uniforms on Halloween

STUNNER

I go from a 5 to a 10 when I put on shorts — but some say I'm a 10 in any outfit

Of those who quit cigs in their 30s, 16.2 per cent died. The death rate rose to 19.7 per cent for those who gave up in their 40s and to 23.9 per cent for people in their 50s.

Among the participants who quit in their 60s, the death rate was 27.9 per cent — still 5.2 per cent less than smokers.