- Smoking: The Health Effects
Smokers in their 30s and 40s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers. Half of all smoking deaths are in middle age. Article from the BBC news summarizes.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services: Tobacco Use
"Tobacco use is the nation's deadliest addiction. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Over 400,000 Americans die every year from tobacco use. More people die from tobacco than from AIDS, car accidents, alcohol, suicides, homicides, fires, and illegal drugs combined." Summary of the effects of tobacco use.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Study Finds More Lung Damage If Smokers Start Young
Resent research finds that permanent genetic changes that forever increase the risk of lung cancer take place in teens who smoke, even if they quit later in life. And the younger the smoking starts, the more damage is done.
(Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - WHO: The Tobacco Epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) summarizes the situation worldwide: "each year, tobacco causes about 3.5 million deaths throughout the world; this will increase to 10 million annual deaths during the 2020s, with seven million of these deaths occurring in developing countries. Half of these unnecessary deaths are occurring in middle age (35-69), robbing those killed of around 22 years of life."
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Graphic motivational material shows effects of tobacco on the human body; text explains how smokers can and do die young.
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