In the UK, 43% of retirement income comes from company pensions and 40% from state pensions/benefits. Saving early into a company pension gives your investment more time to grow.
In the UK, the average monthly outgoings for the over-55’s are currently £827. This may rise in the future as living costs rise.
In the UK, 2 in 5 of current retirees did not prepare enough financially for retirement. Of these, 2 in 3 didn’t realise this until after they’d stopped working.
In the UK, children breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke results in 300,000 GP visits and 9,500 hospital admissions for children every year.
15 years after you’ve stopped smoking, your risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked.
The average smoker has 13 cigarettes a day, which is 364 cigarettes a month. This costs £141 a month, which is £1,696 a year.
If you smoke 1-4 cigarettes a day, you are 5 times more likely to die from lung cancer than a non-smoker.
As soon as you stop smoking, your risk of lung cancer starts to go down. 10 years after you’ve stopped smoking, your lung cancer risk is half that of someone who has continued to smoke.
Smoking cigarettes is the single biggest risk factor for lung cancer. 90% of lung cancers are caused by smoking.
If you have or are thinking of running away from home, Missing People has advice to help you try to stay safe: the ‘Staying Safe’ checklist.