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Life expectancy for a smoking drug addict?
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Cut Short: Smoking alone reduces life expectancy and with drug addiction it multiplies seriously quit now, it is not too late.
Answered 3/13/2013
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Less than : 10 years, if by drugs you are referring to opioids (heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl, Vicodin). The average opioid addict has a 10 year life expectancy from their date of first use.
Answered 3/4/2019
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