Warning For Occasional Smokers: They Have 64% Higher Chance Of An Early Death

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Beware the smokers who smoke occasionally because smoking as little as half a cigarette a day can be deadly.

It is written in Daily Mail that heath officials warned in a new government study that "People who restrict themselves to fewer than seven smokes a week still have a 64 percent higher risk of an early death than non-smokers."

People who are heavy smokers, also have 87 percent higher risk of deadly diseases. So, think twice before even touching a cigarette, whether occasionally or regularly.

Smoking tobacco is dangerous for health and can cause severe health issues. Even an occasional smoker who smokes less than seven cigarettes a week have a large chance of death than non-smokers.

Heavy smokers who wants to quit smoking, they try by reducing their smoking habits. They still smoke at least one cigarette a day. This study shows that it will not make much difference, so quit smoking and don't look back at that way ever again.

Lung cancer deaths were more likely among light smokers than non-smokers. With even one cigarette a day, the odds of death from lung cancer were more than nine times higher and smoking up to ten cigarettes a day increases it up to twelve times higher risk. As stated in Deccan Chronicle.

The researchers also looked at the risk of the death from cardiovascular disease as well as respiratory disease such as emphysema. Heavy smokers had over six times the risk of dying from respiratory disease and one and a half times the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease than non-smokers.

However, there are several limitations of this research. The participants were mostly white and 60 to 70 year old. The study relied on their own smoking history over decades. The researcher said that future studies should involve other racial groups and younger population.