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Study: Smoking Causes Premature Death in Men [08/19-4]

Excerpts from: Smoking Behind 6 in 10 Premature Male Deaths

By Soh Ji-young The Korea Times [0/18/03]

Smoking is responsible for six out of ten premature deaths among men over 40, a university study said yesterday.

According to a research team at Korea University, a total of 57.7 percent of men who died prematurly in 1999 had passed away due to smoking-related diseases. For women, the rate was one out of 10, or 11.4 percent, the team said.

In 1990, a total of 55.3 percent of men had their lives cut short from smoking, with the rate slowly climbing to 55.8 percent in 1992, 56.2 percent in 1994 and 57.7 percent in 1999.

People should quickly give up their habits of lighting up if they want to live a long, disease-free life, he said.


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