In a recent study, undergrads who smoked at least a half-pack a day on average were asked to keep track of their smoking for several weeks.
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This "risk-based pricing" means that if you treat your body like a temple you pay less for health care than your counterpart who overeats and smokes a pack a day.
Men who'd smoked a pack a day for 40 years -- or, equivalently, two packs a day for 20 years -- were 82% more likely to succumb to prostate cancer than men who had never smoked.
Most studies conclude a cigarette costs 10 minutes of life, so a pack-a-day smoker (20 cigarettes a day) loses 13.9% of a year to the habit over the long haul.
Rusk, 67, a former machinist and painter who admitted on a 1992 medical exam to drinking a six-pack of beer a day and occasionally using "amphetamine and IV crank, " blamed his shortness of breath on brake pads even though he worked part-time as a car mechanic and started smoking in 1951.
One day, decades from now, people may look back on our reckless consumption of soft drinks and chips in the same way that we today look back at a three-pack-a-day smoking habit.
Years of backpacking in various parts of the United States have taught me that while a box of organic macaroni and cheese is easy to prepare after a long day of lugging a heavy pack up and down mountains, it's not nearly as satisfying as quinoa chowder or fresh vegetables roasted over a fire.
The former two pack a day smoker says cigarettes didn't affect her vocal cords and neither did six husbands.
Two studies found that beta-carotene supplements increased the risk of lung cancer in people who smoked more than one pack a day and drank heavily.
Investigators found the pack after a two-day search of a New Bedford landfill last week.
Unless you wear cargo pants the only way to tote the machine on foot is in a day pack or handbag.
"Like everything else here, it is a day late and a six-pack short, " Vance said at the Beerhive.
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These are a bit heavier to carry if you're on a long hike, so make them the first night for the added benefit of a lighter pack when setting out the next day.
Once on shore, he then walks the half-mile to town each day for a pack of cigarettes and a little conversation.
Rent the Runway uses bar codes to keep track of inventory, and can typically dry clean, pack, and ship out a dress one day after a customer returns it.
The other day, Bethesda announced a new expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
This April 1, 000 young entrepreneurs will pack a chartered cruise ship in Miami for a three-day, invite-only conference featuring Richard Branson, Peter Thiel, Russell Simmons and loads of other name-drop-worthy guests.
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To this day, I still recall my utter disgust in getting a pack of gum (with stale gum) that had both the annual checklist card and the card of National League Commissioner Warren Giles.
"Those water masses play a very important role in the present-day status of the ice pack and changes in the delivery would have an influence and effect on ice distribution, " said Weingartner.
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The song, devised by ad agency BBH Asia-Pacific and spread via social media, is part of Mentos's plan to launch a special "I Heart SG" pack of their signature mints for this year's National Day.
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