Smoking Facts

For years smoking was not considered dangerous but research has now proved beyond reasonable doubt that it is a causative factor in many illnesses. Here are just a few of what we know know to be smoking facts, not fiction.

The nicotine in cigarettes is an addictive substance, which has an effect on the brain, causing you to crave more of it. And giving it up causes some pretty unpleasant side effects, which you probably know all about, if you've tried to stop before, for example irritability, depression and increased appetite which can lead to weight gain. Nicotine is both psychologically and physically addictive and so both your body and your mind crave it. Unfortunately, its effects only last for about an hour or two and then you need another hit.

  

Some more facts about smoking: Close to half a million people in the US die each year from smoking related diseases. In fact of the many diseases caused by smoking, at least 20 are terminal and in the UK over 300 people are dying every day as a direct result of smoking.

Everyone knows that smoking causes lung cancer but it is also responsible for a lot of other cancers too, such as cancer of the bladder and cancer of the kidney.

There are over 4500 chemicals in each cigarette you smoke, many of them toxic and at least 60 of them are carcinogenic.

Cigarettes are the main cause of deaths which result from fire in the US.

Kids who smoke before the age of 18 and don't give up as adults can expect to die 20 years sooner than their non-smoking friends.

Some pretty shocking facts, aren't they? If they have made you decide its time to give up, you should check this out: Quit Smoking.

Want to know what other side effects you can expect from smoking?

 

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