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21 Fun Facts!

 

1.  It takes about only 8 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain.
2.  Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable disease and death in the United States.
3.  1 in 5 adults and teenagers smoke.
4.  9 out of 10 smokers start before the age of 18,  and 98% start smoking by age 26.
5.  On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.
6.  Smoking ages your skin faster.
7.  Every year in the U.S., about 2,000 deaths from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) are linked to secondhand tobacco smoke.
8.  Every day, approximately 3,450 teens in the U.S. try their first cigarette.
9.  Tobacco companies intensely market to teens.
10.  Every year, secondhand smoke causes more than 202,000 asthma episodes and 790,000 doctor visits due to ear infections.
11.  More than 16 million people already have at least one disease from smoking.
12.  More than 80% of adult smokers began smoking before 18 years of age.
13.  Smoking makes you stink! Your hair, breath and clothes smell bad.
14.  Tobacco abuse harms every organ in the body.
15.  Cigarette smoke contains about 7,000 chemical agents, including almost 70 that cause cancer.
16.  Of kids now under 18 who live in Maryland, 108,000 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking.
17.  Although many hookah smokers think it is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, water pipe smoking still delivers the addictive drug nicotine and is at least as toxic as cigarette smoking.
18.  The average pack-a-day smoker pays $6 per pack, adding up to $2,190 per year.
19.  Secondhand smoke can give you cancer or heart disease.
20.  Smokeless tobacco use by men causes reduced sperm count and abnormal sperm cells.
21. More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined. 

So, Which Fact Stood Out To YOU?!

 


Retrieved from:

•  http://smokingstinks.org/fast-facts/
• http://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/about-tobacco/facts-figures/

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We all understand that this is a talked about topic BUT I am the one to inform you about why you should quit smoking. People think that smoking marijuana isn't harmful, but that is one substance within itself and others. There is more substances out in the world then just marijuana that people find themselves addicted too. According to medicalnewstoday.com, smoking is responsible for several diseases, such as chronic respiratory disease, and heart disease, as well as premature death (Nordqvist, 2015). Smoking can and will bring on more than enough health conditions and could possible lead to addiction. Addiction? Yes, addiction. I know of people who smoke marijuana on a regular who think that they are not addicted, but if you can't go a day without thinking of having to smoke later and you constantly find yourself spending money on the substance, I think you might have an slight addiction. I'm not talking about the addiction where it becomes compulsive and interferes with your ordinary life and responsibilities, but yet the urge to always have this substance on a regular. This activity has became a normal routine of your life.

I can give a million and one reasons why you should NOT smoke, but I don't have all the time for that. But, answer this. Why would you want to increase the chances of having lung failure, cancer, and all other conditions that affect the lungs? Smoking is not the only thing that can cause lung cancer but it is the biggest preventable deaths in the world and it WILL increase the chances. Lung cancer is one of the most common caused of cancer deaths. According to the American Lung Association, 90% of male lung cancer patients develop their disease because of smoking (Nordqvist, 2015). I am not here to attack all the males because female smokers are 13 times more likely to develop lung cancer than those who have never smoked (Nordqvist, 2015). So what am I getting at? Since lung cancer is the largest preventable cause of death, why would you want to leave this earth and you loved ones anytime earlier? Just something you can think about.

Besides just lung cancer, smoking can cause numerous health conditions like: bladder cancer, kidney cancer, mouth cancer, esophagus cancer, pancreas cancer, throat cancer, stomach cancer, leukemia, nose and sinuses cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and also breast cancer. From that list alone, we ALL know that it is very harmful to our body from the look at it but we understand that these conditions does not affect everyone.

I can't sit here and say that I've never smoked a day in my life. This whole blog would be contradicting. But there are ways in which you can substitute smoking. Instead of spending money on smoking, set it aside in a jar and at the end of the month you'll have you a little emergency stash. You can also find other ways to replace the relax feeling or whatever feeling you feel when you're under the influence of drugs. Take a walk, meditate, work out. ANYTHING can work, trust me. This process will not happen overnight because as we all should know, it takes 21 days to change a behavior. That's a month. IT CAN BE DONE!

Introduction

Hey viewers and Welcome to my "Quit Smoking" Blog.
I am Anisha M. Coleman. I am currently a junior here at Eastern Illinois University studying Health Studies aspiring to become a nurse. I am a first generation college student who wish to encourage and motivate any and everyone to pursue a degree in what ever they spark interest in. I am new to this blog thing so I would love all the feedback. I am here to talk about why YOU should "Quit Smoking". I decided to choose this topic because its something different that I can increase my knowledge about and inform others on what I learned and researched. So lets get started, I hope you like. :)