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Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2008-05-07
Author: Tom Randall
Intro: People who slept less than six hours a night were more likely than well-rested people to smoke, drink heavily and avoid exercise, a U.S. government study found.
About 31 percent of adults who got that little sleep smoked cigarettes, compared with 18 percent who slept seven to eight hours, according to the survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency couldn't tell whether the unhealthy habits caused a sleep deficit or was the result.
About 50 million to 70 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, which studies by the CDC have associated with obesity and depression.
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