And actually their chances of a premature death from smoking are three times higher than if they'd started smoking in their twenties.

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There is always the possibility that such initiatives may meet a premature death.

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Academic studies show that the poor suffer worse health outcomes as a result, including premature death.

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Walking half an hour a day can cut premature death rates in half.

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They suffer worse health outcomes as a result, including premature death.

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The Environmental Protection Agency calls radon "extremely toxic, " and the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis in 1998 listed it as the most frequent cause of premature death from a hazard in the home.

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In those years, premature birth was often a death sentence.

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It is even more sobering to realize that obesity is estimated to show a lag time of about 25 years before its total effect on premature death and disease is seen.

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Since obesity is estimated to show a lag time of about 25 years before more complete effects on premature death and disease are seen, public health experts predict an enormous impact on world-wide health and life expectancy in the future.

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It hardly seems premature, 167 years after the master's death, to give the whole drama a whirl at last.

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