Richard Peto

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Name: Richard Peto

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...death, with even "light" smokers (those who smoked just one to nine cigarettes a day) having a doubled risk of death compared with non-smokers. "if women smoke like men, they die like men -- but, whether they are men or women, smokers who stop before reaching middle age will on average gain about an extra ten years of life " study researcher Professor Sir Richard Peto, of the University of Oxford, said in a statement

Older, Heavy Smokers Should Get Screened For Lung Cancer, Doctors Say [Published Huffington Post - May 07 2013]

"on present patterns, most of them are not going to stop, and if they don’t stop, and if half of them die from it, then that means more than 10 million a year will die – that’s 100 million a decade in the second half of the century" said Peto

Smoking, the death sentence for 1 billion people? [Published South Africa Star - Oct 31 2012]

Co-author Professor Richard Peto, from Oxford University, said: "if women smoke like men, they die like men, but, whether they are men or women, smokers who stop before reaching middle age will on average gain about an extra ten years of life. "both in the uk and in the usa, women born around 1940 were the first generation in which many smoked substantial numbers of cigarettes throughout adult life. "hence, only in the 21st century could we observe directly the full effects of prolonged smoking, and of prolonged cessation, on premature mortality among women.""

Women who quit smoking before 30 reduce risks [Published RTE Online - Oct 27 2012]

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