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TIL a 2024 study found that on average a single cigarette takes about 20 minutes off a person’s life. This figure nearly doubles an estimate from a 2000 study of roughly 11 minutes per cigarette and means that a typical pack of 20 cigarettes can shorten a person’s life by nearly 7 hours.

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