* Time cut down from one’s lifespan is approximately equal to the time indulged in smoking.
* Every minute, seven people die of tobacco use. * 49 known carcinogenic compounds and 4000 other toxins constitute a single cigarette.
* More than 90 % of lung cancer deaths are due to cigarette smoking.
* The cost that smokers impose on US economy is more than $150 billion a year.
* Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factors for high blood pressure and fatal heart
attacks
* The effects of smoking in causing all forms of stroke and brain hemorrhages are apparent. Smoking causes peripheral arterial disease by plaque deposition leading to clogged arteries.
* Smoking can cause loss of taste, bad breath, dental caries, stained teeth, mouth sores and receding gums.
* Smoking impacts women’s health substantially by causing infertility, miscarriages, complicated pregnancies and early menopause. Smoking during pregnancy and breast-feeding can have hazardous effects on the baby in early childhood and also as they grow up. Smoking is known to cause sperm abnormalities and hence male infertility.
* The toxins in smoke can cause lung disorders like emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, and significant reduction in lung functioning.
* It has been proven that smoking causes lung cancer and cancers of oral cavity, larynx, esophagus and bladder. More than 95% of lung cancers are detected in smokers or those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. 90% of smokers with lung cancer die within 3 years of diagnosis. The risk increases steadily with the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
Educate yourself before trying to act the "cool kid" seeing no "problem" with smoking.
I hope Katy doesn't smoke regularly because it's not the first time I've seen her smoke. She and Lily Allen are wasting the gifts God has given them.
I'm pretty sure we all know these risks associated with it. You can have your opinions on smoking but seriously don't expect everyone to share them, I smoke occasionally and to be honest it's no one else's business and I don't appreciate being told how to live my life and Katy most likely feels similarly
Smoking does have HUGE health risks, but that doesn't make a person wrong for smoking. They know the health risks they are getting themselves into, hence why you have to be 18 & aware to legally smoke.
It may be hazardous, but that doesn't make people wrong for doing it. Alcohol is just as hazardous.
* Time cut down from one’s lifespan is approximately equal to the time indulged in smoking.
* Every minute, seven people die of tobacco use. * 49 known carcinogenic compounds and 4000 other toxins constitute a single cigarette.
* More than 90 % of lung cancer deaths are due to cigarette smoking.
* The cost that smokers impose on US economy is more than $150 billion a year.
* Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factors for high blood pressure and fatal heart
attacks
* The effects of smoking in causing all forms of stroke and brain hemorrhages are apparent. Smoking causes peripheral arterial disease by plaque deposition leading to clogged arteries.
* Smoking can cause loss of taste, bad breath, dental caries, stained teeth, mouth sores and receding gums.
* Smoking impacts women’s health substantially by causing infertility, miscarriages, complicated pregnancies and early menopause. Smoking during pregnancy and breast-feeding can have hazardous effects on the baby in early childhood and also as they grow up. Smoking is known to cause sperm abnormalities and hence male infertility.
* The toxins in smoke can cause lung disorders like emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, and significant reduction in lung functioning.
* It has been proven that smoking causes lung cancer and cancers of oral cavity, larynx, esophagus and bladder. More than 95% of lung cancers are detected in smokers or those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. 90% of smokers with lung cancer die within 3 years of diagnosis. The risk increases steadily with the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
Educate yourself before trying to act the "cool kid" seeing no "problem" with smoking.
I hope Katy doesn't smoke regularly because it's not the first time I've seen her smoke. She and Lily Allen are wasting the gifts God has given them.