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One large-scale prospective cohort study conducted in the United States analyzed the health behaviors of approximately 120,000 adults across a thirty-year period. It used this information to understand how lifestyle factors affected lifespan and the risk of death from non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancers. They identified five healthy characteristics: A healthy diet…

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There is no safe level of tobacco use and smoking behavior. Thus the greatest health outcomes are associated with having never smoked. Approximately eight million people per year die from smoking-related diseases, with approximately 70% of all lung cancer cases being directly caused by smoking. It also causes cancer in many other areas of the…

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