Worldwide, over six million people die each
year from tobacco related illnesses according to the Center for Disease
Control. That figure is expected to jump
to 8 million people annually by the year 2030.
On average smokers die ten years earlier than
non-smokers according to the article 21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of
Cessation in the United States published
in The New England Journal of Medicine.
So
what's the good news?
A
study out of the University of Texas Science Center found that cardiorespiratory
fitness is associated with reduced metabolic syndrome risk among smokers.
Metabolic
syndrome is when you have three of the following five things: 1) abdominal
obesity; 2) elevated blood pressure; 3) elevated fasting glucose; 4) high serum
triglycerides; and 5) low high-density cholesterol levels. The presence of
metabolic syndrome is known to increase the risk for cardiovascular disease and
Type 2 diabetes.
The study found that the risk for metabolic syndrome was reduced for smokers who were either highly fit (risk reduced 48 percent) or moderately fit (risk reduced 27 percent) compared to those in the low fitness category.
The study found that the risk for metabolic syndrome was reduced for smokers who were either highly fit (risk reduced 48 percent) or moderately fit (risk reduced 27 percent) compared to those in the low fitness category.
In
addition, moderate and high fitness participants were found to have reduced
their risk for the development of elevated fasting blood glucose.
Want
some more good news?
The New England Journal of
Medicine mentioned above
concludes that if you quit before the age of 40 it reduces your "risk
of death associated with continued smoking by about 90%."
Quote:
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." - Mark Twain
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." - Mark Twain
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