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The scary (not
cool) things about smoking
Hopefully, this list of facts, figures and motivational
statements will aid you in your battle against the evil
'cancer sticks.'
If you smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day are likely to die
from cancer and almost twice as likely to die from heart
disease.
Each cigarette on average takes 11 minutes off your life.
Over fifty diseases are caused by smoking. Twenty of them are
fatal.
Seven out of ten smokers want to give up. So you have to ask
why they ever started.
Nicotine stimulates the central nervous system, which
increases the heart rate and blood pressure.
If you carry on smoking you have a fifty percent chance of
dying from it.
Smoking is the number one avoidable cause of premature death
in the USA.
Smoking reduces elastin levels in the skin, as well as
increasing free radical levels. These factors increase
premature facial aging.
You could save $1,600 per year if you gave up your pack a day
habit.
Nicotine is an insecticide.
$400 is what the average smoker gives to the US government in
tax each year.
The risk from smoking pipes is as great as smoking cigarettes.
Cigarettes contain tar which clings to the insides of your
lungs and throat, which is known to cause cancer.
As each year passes, your addiction will become greater and
will increase the difficulty of quitting.
Any children growing up in a house where tobacco is regularly
used are more likely to get asthma, pneumonia, ear infections,
bronchitis, glue ear and become tobacco users themselves.
The benefits of quitting start as soon as you stop smoking.
Stomach ulcers are inflamed by smoking.
In the US, on average three hundred people die every day,
simply because they were smokers.
Anyone can benefit from quitting smoking. Even if they are
over 70 years of age.
Cigarette smoking increases the risk of having a heart attack
by two or three times.
Every year 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted
to hospital due to the effects of passive smoking.
Smoking causes at least 80% of all deaths from lung cancer.
Less than 10% of lung cancer patients survive five years.
83% of smokers say they would not smoke if they had their life
again.
Teenage smokers experience more asthma and respiratory
problems than non-smokers.
Chemicals that can be found in tobacco smoke:
Benzene - A poisonous gas found in petrol fumes. Known to
cause leukemia.
Butane - Lighter fuel.
Ethanol – Straight alcohol, used to raise the octane level in
petroleum
Methanol - Used in rocket fuel, some brake fluid and
methylated spirits.
Ammonia - Used in many cleaning products.
Acetone - Used in paint stripper, nail polish remover, and to
reduce knocking in diesel engines.
Cadmium - Used in car batteries. Known to cause cancer.
Arsenic – Poison used as an insecticide.
Toluene - Industrial solvent.
Formaldehyde – An irritant used to embalm flesh.
Naphthalene – The main ingredient in mothballs.
54% of people want smoking restrictions in pubs.
85% favor smoking restrictions at work and in restaurants.
Passive smoking doubles the risk of acute respiratory illness
in children.
Source:
http://www.smokerswebsite.net |
