What is this genetic clock? This is how cigarettes reduce your lifespan

At the European Respiratory Society International Congress, Dr. Siu Dai, Assistant Professor of the School of Clinical Medicine of Hangzhou Normal University, has presented a research in which this fact has come to light.

Human life is gradually becoming shorter. Where earlier humans used to live up to 100 years, now if they cross 70 then we thank God. Actually, all this is happening because our lifestyle has become much worse than before. At the same time, the life of people who smoke cigarettes is getting shorter, this is not what we are saying but research is saying this. Today in this article we will tell you how cigarettes are rapidly reducing your age through the genetic clock.

What is genetic clock?

The genetic clock affects the age of any organism. That is, if it is going well then your age will increase as per schedule, that is, you will not grow old quickly. Whereas if it increases rapidly then your age will also start increasing rapidly. This means that your age will be less in numbers, but its effect on your body will be more visible. Cigarettes affect this.

How do cigarettes affect it?

Dr. Siu Dai, Assistant Professor of the School of Clinical Medicine of Hangzhou Normal University, presented a research at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. This research report was clearly proving how cigarette affects the length of leukocyte telomeres. Let us tell you, leukocyte telomere reflects our aging process, when its length decreases due to cigarette smoking, the effects of aging become increasingly visible on our body.

Research conducted on more than 4 lakh people

Scientists did this research on 472174 people. Scientists analyzed health and genetics data from the UK Biobank and then came to the conclusion of how cigarettes are affecting our genetic clock. Scientists found in this research that the length of leukocyte telomeres of people who smoke is less increased than those who do not smoke.