Smoking/Statistical Information

..............Smoking is the practice when tobacco is burned 

and the vapors are tasted or inhaled...............

WARNING: SMOKING CAN CAUSE SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH

Using data from a recent study, I found out the it only takes a few minutes of smoking to cause genetic damage to your body related to cancer. 

THE FACTS/STATISTICAL FINDINGS: 

- Over one thousand million people worldwide smoke tobacco, but the percentage of smokers has decreased in some countries while increasing in others and especially among women.

- Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of a preventable death in the United States.

- It is estimated that 443,000 premature deaths have occured and resulted in a 193 million dollar loss due to health care expenditures. 

- A 2004 Study by the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion found that cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, and 69 of which cause cancer

-Women account for 39 percent of all smoking deaths.  

People start smoking for different reasons. Maybe they have been around it all their life and it is basically the thing to do, or maybe they just think its cool? 

STATISTICS SHOW THAT ABOUT 9 OUT OF TEN TOBACCO USERS START BEFORE THEY ARE 18. MOST OF THEM WHO STARTED SMOKING NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET ADDICTED, SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS BETTER TO JUST NOT GET INVOLVED WITH THEM AT ALL. 

Society needs to realize that it is important not to get in the habit of smoking because it causes a chain to our children and their bad habits. Second hand smoke is one of the most dangerous things so be courteous to others and PUT OUT THAT CIGARETTE.