Smoking shortens life as much as oncology, says Crimean doctor
Quitting smoking would increase life expectancy by a year and a half by 2050
A complete cessation of smoking would increase life expectancy by a year and a half by 2050. This was told on the air of the TV channel “Crimea 24” by the radiologist of the ICD of St. Luke of the Vernadsky KFU, candidate of medical sciences Viktor Kostenich.
According to him, the relevant data were published in one of the authoritative scientific journals in 2023. As a comparison, the doctor gave the following example: the complete disappearance of cancer would add two years of life to humanity, which means that the effect of quitting smoking is comparable in scale.
The doctor also emphasized a key difference: smoking is a choice of each person, while the development of the cancer process does not depend on people.
