*Everything you ever wanted to know about smoking!*
*I made this page dedicated to my step-dad who i have been tryin to get to quit smoking for bout 5 years now*
** Some people smoke and have no idea what they're doing to themselves, although, some do know. Others who don't smoke want to know effects of smoking cause maybe someone they know smokes. This page will contain many facts about it, and scary statistics!**
Facts and statistics About Tobacco
All tobacco products~ cigarettes, cigars, smokeless
tobacco~ have nicotine
Nicotine
is a drugs that is as addictive as cocaine and heroin.
One
drop of pure nicotine will kill the average-sized person.
Cigarette smoke has more than 4,000 chemicals in it.
40
of the chemicals in cigarettes can cause cancer.
One
ingredient found in cigarettes is carbon monoxide.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, lung disease and strokes.
More
than 434,000 Americans die each year from diseases caused by tobacco.
smoking causes 87% of all lung cancers.
More
people die from tobacco-relatedness than from AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders
and suicides combined.
70%
of teens don't smoke.
one-third of all new smokers will eventually die from tobacco use.
Tobacco was introduced to Europe
from the New World at the end of the fifteenth century. Smoking spread rapidly and
was long regarded as having medicinal value. It was not until the 20th century,
however, that smoking became a mass habit and not until after the Second World War that
the dangers of smoking were firmly established.
About
12.1 million adults in the UK smoke cigarettes - 29% of men and 28% of women.
In 1972, 52% of men and 41% of women smoked cigarettes - nearly half the population
of the UK. Now less than one-third smokes, but the decline in recent years has been
heavily concentrated in older age groups: i.e., almost as many young people are taking up
smoking but more established smokers are quitting.
In Great Britain about 450
children start smoking every day.
Every year, around 120,000 smokers in the UK die as a result of their habit.
An estimate for 1990 was as high as 138,000 deaths in the UK.
Smoking causes around 82% of all deaths from lung
cancer, around 83% of all deaths from bronchitis and emphysema and around 25% of all
deaths from heart disease.
Less than 10% of lung cancer patients survive five years after diagnosis.
Smokers who smoke between 1 and 14 cigarettes a day have eight times the
risk of dying from lung cancer compared to non-smokers. Smokers who smoke more than 25
cigarettes a day have 25 times this risk compared to non-smokers.
About 90% of cases of peripheral vascular disease which lead to
amputation of one or both legs are caused by smoking - about 2000 amputations a year.
Tobacco manufacturers are adding sweeteners and flavorings to
cigarettes sold in Ireland in order to make them more attractive to children and
adolescents
**For more information about quitting, call 1-800-4-CANCER, the National Cancer Institute's toll-free Cancer Information Service, or 1-800-ACS-2345, the American Cancer Society's Cancer Response System, or look in your local phone directory for smoking cessation resources that may be available in your area, such as local chapters of the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, or state and local health departments. **
what exactly is in Cigarette's???
* Tar~ used in making parking lots, 70% is deposited in lungs.
* Nicotine~
one of the most addictive substancs out there.
* increses heart rate
* constriction of small blood vessels in the body
* affects smokers mood
* Carbon Monoxide~ poisonous gas, odorless, tasteless
* Benzeme~ a colorless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petrolium
* Formaldehyde~ colorless liquid, poisonous, used to perserve dead bodies
* Ammonia~ used as flavouring, found in dry cleaning fluids
* Acetone~ poisonous, found in nail polish remover
* Shellac~ wood varnish
* Cadmium~ poisonous metal used in batteries
smoking links
For additional informtaion on smoking and various articles on smoking please visit: http://ash.org
Effects of Tobacco smoking: http://www.erinet.com/fnadoc/smoke.htm
smoking prevention: http://www.phw.co.uk/hpromo/smoking.html
Attitudes on smoking
1. 60% of the
population do not smoke
2. 77% of people (smokers and non-smokers) support a ban on cigarette advertising.
3. Smokers have been a minority in the population since 1976.
4. Over 80% of smokers agree that smoking a bad for their health.
5. Approximately 70% agree their smoking might cause symptoms in their children.
6. Survey of 10-14 year olds found that 6 out of 10 children asked their mother not to
smoke, none asked their father.
7. Over 50% of adults would like a total ban on smoking on public transport and, in public
places (WHICH).
8. Over 50% of young people in Sunderland feel that smoking is considered to be an
anti-social behaviour.
These are pictures of damaged lungs caused by smoking:
Not to pretty, huh??
After seeing all these facts, and pictures is smoking REALLY worth it??