Dieometer archetype
The Chimney
You already know.
Smoking is the largest single number in this entire model. Ten years smoke-free returns most of the excess risk, and quitting before forty avoids around ninety percent of it.
How you get it
You are more than a year and a half below your baseline, and smoking is the single factor costing you the most years. Your baseline is the life expectancy for someone of your age and sex in your country, before any of your answers are applied.
The numbers behind it: How much does smoking shorten your life? →
What does yours say?
Fifteen archetypes. No signup, and your answers never leave your browser.
The other fourteen
- The CockroachStatistically difficult to kill.
- The OptimiserYou have read the studies. It shows.
- The Quiet WinnerNo hacks. Just fewer mistakes.
- The Statistical AveragePerfectly, hauntingly normal.
- The ProcrastinatorNothing is wrong yet.
- The GhostAlone is a risk factor.
- The CandleBoth ends. For years.
- The InsomniacSleep is not optional.
- The SedentaryThe chair is winning.
- The Beige DietEverything you eat is the same colour.
- The Slow PourIt adds up faster than you think.
- The Gravity WellCarrying more than your share.
- The Warranty ClaimThe body has filed a complaint.
- The SpeedrunnerYou are completing this in record time.