Besides many known health risk implications of smoking there is also the aging factor.

The study on identical twins showed that each 10 year of smoking translated to 2 years of additional perceived aging.

From the study Factors contributing to the facial aging of identical twins

One of the strongest associations with perceived age was whether a person smoked: every 10 years of smoking was associated with a 2-year older appearance.

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