Warning: smoking takes 10 years off your life

SMOKERS were given a stark warning yesterday in a landmark study on the dangers of tobacco – quit now or lose up to 10 years off your life.

The results were unveiled by Richard Doll one of the researchers who first alerted the public to the link between tobacco and cancer back in 1954.

This week, approaching the 50th anniversary of the publication of that research on June 26, the final verdict of the mammoth study was launched, with some uncomfortable messages for smokers.