Facts About Smoking
As you well know, smoking is bad for your health, but despite this people continue to do it around the world. Here are some interesting (and frightening) facts about smokers worldwide:
Initial Facts
One third of adult males around the world smoke
Smoking rates are declining in the developed world but rising in the developing world
10 million cigarettes are sold every minute - that's 15 billion daily
World Health
Smoking is the single largest most preventable cause of disease and premature death
1 in 5 deaths in the developed world can be attributed to tobacco products
1 in 10 adults are killed by smoking-related diseases globally - that's half of all smokers dying from smoking-related disease
Someone in the world dies of tobacco every 8 seconds
50,000 deaths a year in the United States alone are due to secondhand smoke
445 new cases of lung cancer a day can be attributed to cigarettes in the United States alone
Cigarette smoke kills more Americans than AIDS, drugs, homicide, fire, and car crashes combined
12 times more British people have died from smoking than in World War Two
Smoking-related diseases cost the United States government $150 billion a year
Personal Health
Every cigarette smoked takes 5 minutes off of someone's life - about the time it takes to smoke it
Half of long term smokers will die from smoking-related illness
Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 toxic or carcinogenetic (cancer causing) chemicals
25% of all deaths from heart disease and 75% of chronic bronchitis can be attributed to smoking
Cigarettes are the number one cause of fire related death
The earlier you start smoking, the longer your habit will last, with 50% of those who start smoking in adolescence continuing to smoke for 20 years, and the more likely you are to die early due to smoking
Smoking related death is long and painful - a disease like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can give it sufferer several year of illness and painful symptoms before death
So before you start smoking, or if you want to quit smoking, think about these statistics. Scary, are they not?
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