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Facts About Smoking

By: Andrea Flint

It's utterly ludicrous to ignore the facts about smoking anymore. By puffing smokes we greatly increase the potential of heart disease, many cancers, breathing issues, pregnancy issues, intestinal troubles and tooth and gum decay, sobering facts about smoking!
The facts about smoking become more ridiculous yearly. Almost half a million people over 35 in North America, perish as a result of smoking (300,000 men, 160,000 women). In Ontario the facts about smoking show that smoking kills over 13,000 people each year (twenty percent of all deaths in their jurisdiction), more than 35/day. These facts about smoking when compared Considering the total deaths due to murder, AIDS, suicide and car accidents are only 3,000/yr, the facts about smoking are staggering.
The financial facts about smoking show that direct cigarette-related healthcare costs equal almost $80,000,000,000. Cigarettes are the reason nearly 1/3 of all potential life expectancy disappears as a result of lung cancer, almost 1/4 of total population potential years of life is ruined by heart disease, and almost 1/2 of possible lifespan are lost because of respiratory disease because of smoking. With all these facts about smoking at our disposal, why do we still smoke?
A fact about smoking is that over 25% of homes admit that one person smokes in their home everyday. About 80% of smoker who have been told to quit smoking admit they want to. Obvious facts about smoking include it being habit-forming mentally and physically, in fact nicotine is possibly the most damaging and addictive drug of all time .
The most significant facts about smoking?
1-You CAN give up smoking.
2-Nicotine CAN be defeated.
3-You are able to regain your health.

Article Source: http://bpmpm.com

Anna Vester is an anti-smoking campaigner with the BAT.

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