Harsh Facts On Smoking
February 15, 2009 by admin
Filed under Smoking Facts
Perhaps, all you know about the dangers of smoking is that it can lead to numerous health problems and death. Everybody agrees that smoking is synonymous to poisoning one’s self but how much do you really know about it? Take a closer look at these facts on smoking.
1. Cigarette is the poison itself, literally! A cigarette stick has 17 different substances that are dangerous to men. These substances are used as solvents, rocket fuel, moth repellent, herbicide and insecticide, industrial solvent, radioactive element, lethal poison, and detergent.
2. Smoking is absolutely hazardous. An estimate of 159,600 people developed cancers; caused 970 house fires; 142,600 suffered heart diseases; and caused the deaths of 970 fetus and infants.
3. Smokers still affect non-smokers a great deal because of what is known as secondary smoking. Secondhand smoking gave 38,000 people cancers and heart diseases. Infants exposed to secondhand smoking will have inhaled approximately 102 cigarette packs by age 5.
4. Smoking kills 440,000 people annually in America alone, as it takes a smoker’s life every 8 seconds.
5. A cigarette’s smoke alone contains 69 carcinogenic chemicals from its total number of over 4,800.
6. Smoking leads to impotency, as well as inferior sexual performance. Some guys do not worry about not having kids; however, all guys worry about having a limp Johnny Jr. Smoking decreases blood flow to the penis preventing erection.
7. Infants take in nicotine everytime they are breastfed by their smoker moms.
Clearly, in all perspectives, facts on smoking send only 1 message: that a smoker is always on the losing end.




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