Did You Know?
One out of
seven deaths in the United States is due to smoking?
Smoking accounts
for one-third of all heart disease deaths?
The two most
damaging chemicals found in cigarettes are tar and nicotine?
The major
cancer-causing chemical in tobacco smoke is tar, and nicotine is as
addictive as heroin or cocaine.
The risk
of developing cancer is 10 times greater for smokers than for nonsmokers.
That's what you call a bad risk!
Smoking causes
85 percent of all lung cancer deaths, and lung cancer is the No. 1 killer
in women?
People who
smoke one pack of cigarettes a day decrease their life expectancy by
about six years?
Tobacco companies
spend over $3 billion every year on advertisements that glamorize smoking?
Smoking hurts
your lungs and can cause respiratory conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis,chronic
coughs, and a sore throat. Smoking makes it hard for a person to breathe.
Tobacco companies
need to recruit 1,200 new smokers every day to replace those who have
died.
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