Smoking’s Impact on Longevity across the World
One measure of longevity that may better reflect the quality of a medical care in a country is life expectancy at age 50. According to a recent article in the Penn SAS Magazine (p. 16-p.17) life expectancy in the U.S. for non-smokers is 84.9 for females and 81.2 for males. These figures rank 7th and…