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Current smokers were found to lose an average of 4.8 years, while diabetes was associated with 3.9 years lost. Physical inactivity accounted for 2.4 years of lost life, and critically, low socioeconomic status was linked to 2.1 years of life lost, placing it alongside major health risks that were previously primary targets for intervention. While high blood pressure was associated with 1.6 years lost and high alcohol intake with 0.5 years, the findings underscore that poverty, previously omitted from major global health initiatives like the WHO's 25 X 25 Initiative, must be recognized as a direct health risk. The researchers strongly advocate for socioeconomic circumstances to be integrated as a key target in health strategies, risk surveillance, interventions, and policy development. 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