CNN —If you’re thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, it might help to know that new research says it could extend your life expectancy. Each cigarette someone smokes, on average, can take about 20 minutes off their life expectancy overall, according to new research based on British smokers. “The time they’re losing is time that they could be spending with their loved ones in fairly good health,” Jackson said. And the amount of life expectancy that can be recovered by quitting may depend on several factors, such as age and how long someone has smoked. By the end of the year, they could have avoided losing 50 days of life expectancy.

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