Smoking:The Strange Statistics (1)

The smoke that comes out of the end of a cigarette is full of about 4,000 chemicals including, of course, nicotine, but also formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, acetone, and hydrazine, just to name a few. Formaldehyde is used to embalm dead bodies. The chemical called hydrogen cyanide is a rat poison. Acetone is a chemical used in nail polish remover, and hydrazine is a component in rocket fuel. It is certain that nobody in their right mind would breathe in or consume any of these different substances on their own, so it is very strange how people can so successfully ignore all the terrible things they are inhaling into their lungs with each puff. The power over people that nicotine holds is staggering.

Worldwide there are nearly 5.4 million deaths that are the result of tobacco use. 1.2 million people in China die each year due to smoking, which is a huge percent of the 5.4 million all over the world. In Europe each year around 650,000 people die from smoking or smoking related illnesses. In India each year nearly 900,000 people end up dead from smoking related illness. Russia has an amazing 400-500 thousand people who die each year from diseases caused by smoking. All of these terrible numbers increase each year and if they continue on this path then in the year 2015 there will be 6.5 million people who die from smoking annually. Do not become one of these terrible statistics and make the commitment to quit for good.

Of the over 6 billion people who live on the planet, nearly 1.3 billion are confirmed smokers, which is the entire population of China. In America, of the entire population, 18 percent of women smoke, and an amazing 24 percent of men smoke. The problem with smoking is much worse in SE Asia where a staggering half of the entire population of the men in the country smoke.
Tobacco use can cause severe health problems. In India almost 40 percent of the health problems they have are tobacco related. The risks of getting lung cancer, heart disease, blood clots, and strokes are all drastically increased by smoking cigarettes. You are also way more likely to get sick when you are a smoker, because smoking suppresses the body’s immune system. It has been documented that one third of all the cases of cancer are in some way caused by the use of tobacco. Smoking tobacco is the most preventable cause of death in the world. However it is not stupid people who smoke. Most people who start smoking were just curious or misinformed about the addictive and terrible nature of smoking cigarettes.

Most of the time, smokers are poorer people. In places all over the world like England and America the most smokers are in the poorer communities. It is often said that smoking is linked to poverty; it seems that the companies are all trying any way possible to target new people to get hooked on smoking. Just in the United States tobacco companies spend yearly, nearly 50 dollars per person on advertising and marketing.

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