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each cigarette takes away 7 minutes of one's life.
think it's more like 7 seconds
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Do you smoke?
Started by Guest_rmdort_*, Dec 08 2004 10:54 AM
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#57 Guest_tankbox_*
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Posted 16 December 2004 - 04:29 PM
I say all of the following information knowing that smokers understand that smoking is bad for them. I don't care if you smoke but I won't allow people to believe false things when their life is at risk, unless they want to believe it.
earlier IFRC had said that smoking a cigarette only takes away 7 seconds which is false as you will see a little later in this post. I do cite a viable resource which I have included the url of. Why does it matter between seven seconds or minutes. Let's do some math here.
7 seconds times 20(a pack) * 52(weeks in a year)
7 * 20 * 52 = 7280
7280 / 60(seconds in a minute) = 121.333333333etc.
121.333 / 60(minutes in an hour) = 2.02222222
so a smoker who smokes 1 pack a week loses 2 hours a year at seven seconds a cigarette. Now let's see what a real source says:
cited from: http://www.healthnet...level2/f012.htm
if you'd like you can search google for that fact also if you don't believe that site.
now let's do the math for 7 minutes at 1 pack a week. and we all know most smokers don't only smoke a pack a week.
7 * 20 * 52 = 7280
7280 / 60(minutes in an hour) = 121.333333333etc.
121.333 / 24(hours in a day) = 5.055541666666667
big difference that is five days my friends. And for those not too good at math. If you'd like to see how much time you're losing here is a formula for you.
20 * the number of packs you smoke a week * 7 * 52 / 60 / 24 that should yeild the number of days you lose each year. I thank you all.
earlier IFRC had said that smoking a cigarette only takes away 7 seconds which is false as you will see a little later in this post. I do cite a viable resource which I have included the url of. Why does it matter between seven seconds or minutes. Let's do some math here.
7 seconds times 20(a pack) * 52(weeks in a year)
7 * 20 * 52 = 7280
7280 / 60(seconds in a minute) = 121.333333333etc.
121.333 / 60(minutes in an hour) = 2.02222222
so a smoker who smokes 1 pack a week loses 2 hours a year at seven seconds a cigarette. Now let's see what a real source says:
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Smoking is the largest single cause of premature death in the world, and every single smoking-related death is entirely preventable. Every cigarette smoked takes around 7 minutes off your life and results in smokers losing an average of 7½ years of their lives.
if you'd like you can search google for that fact also if you don't believe that site.
now let's do the math for 7 minutes at 1 pack a week. and we all know most smokers don't only smoke a pack a week.
7 * 20 * 52 = 7280
7280 / 60(minutes in an hour) = 121.333333333etc.
121.333 / 24(hours in a day) = 5.055541666666667
big difference that is five days my friends. And for those not too good at math. If you'd like to see how much time you're losing here is a formula for you.
20 * the number of packs you smoke a week * 7 * 52 / 60 / 24 that should yeild the number of days you lose each year. I thank you all.
#58 Guest_ifrc_*
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Posted 16 December 2004 - 07:31 PM
i stand corrected... but all the same really
....so i'm losing 22 days a year which would make it 154 days in total so far...
That won't stop me smoking and is unlikely to stop many smoker however it may put people of trying them is good.
....so i'm losing 22 days a year which would make it 154 days in total so far...
That won't stop me smoking and is unlikely to stop many smoker however it may put people of trying them is good.
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