Cigarette Smoking Health Effects:
1. How many are sold/die – About 10 million cigarettes are sold every minute and ironically someone dies every eight second in this world from smoking related diseases.
2. 50% chance of killing the addict – The addiction to smoking has about 50% chance of killing the addict which is almost three times more than playing the game of Russian roulette.
3. Toll of death – Tobacco Smoking is a mood altering drug that has killed about 200 million people worldwide including 500,000 Americans each year.
4. A costly pleasure – Smoking is a well known irritant to the human body causing many lives threatening disease but it is a costly pleasure as well. Cigarette Smoking costs about $400 billion each year.
5. Yearly deaths – According to the latest WHO estimates, smoking leads to killing of about 4 million persons every year, this number is expected to rise to 10 million by 2030.
6. Preventable death – Cigarette Smoking is the main reason for preventable deaths in the whole world, out of which women accounts for 39 % of smoking related deaths.
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