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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/