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Smoking, High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol Cut Men's Life Expectancy By 10 Years

Featured on: Guardian News and Media Limited
Publication date: Sep 18, 2009

According to a Whitehall study of more than 19,000 men, those with high blood pressure, raised cholesterol and who smoke are likely to die 10 to 15 years early. The life expectancy of men with three major risk factors was cut by 10 years--down to 73 from 83 years

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