Dangerous Facts About Tobacco

Finance facts about tobacco cigarettes:

The costs of smoking are very high in terms of finances.

Smoking costs the United States about $160 billion per year which translates to a cost of $3,000 per smoker annually.

In addition, smokers use medical services more than non-smokers and have a lower productivity in the workplace.

Life expectancy for tobacco smokers

About one out of three smokers who began smoking in their youth die prematurely. Statistic is that adults who smoke die about 14 years earlier than adults who do not smoke. For example, in the late 1990s an average of 440,000 Americans died prematurely each year as a result of smoking. Many symptoms are the result of smoking such as:

o Recurrent pneumonia or bronchitis

o Smokers cough that persist or becomes intense.

o Persistent chest shoulder, or back pain unrelated to pain from coughing.

o Loss of appetite

o Wheezing

o Neck and facial swelling

o Fatigue

o Bone fracture not related to an injury

o Unexplained weight loss

Children and teens who smoke have more breathing problems, which is detrimental to overall health and physical activity. At any age, smoking damages your lungs. The more tobacco cigarettes a person smokes, the faster lung damage occurs. Interesting fact is that in older adults, smoking is also associated with a greater possibility of hip fractures.

Facts about dangerous tobacco ingredients

Tar

Tar is an ingredient found in cigarettes and tires as well as roads. A two pack a day smoker inhales one gram of tar a day. That is a quart of thick, gooey tar inhaled a year.

Arsenic

The arsenic found in cigarettes also used to kill rats is. It causes irritated lungs, abnormal heart beat, and a score of other symptoms.

Cadmium

The cadmium in batteries is extremely poisonous when found in cigarettes and results in kidney damagee.

Ammonia

The ammonia in bleach speeds the delivery of nicotine to smokers and changes the reading of tar in cigarettes, making it seem lower.

Toluene

The toluene in glue and cigarettes is a toxic substance that produces euphoria and irritation of the air ways and lungs.

Acetone

Acetone is an ingredient found in nail polish remover as well as cigarettes. It is a harsh chemical which irritates your lungs and can lead to cancer.

Mothballs

Mothballs contain naphthalene, also found in tobacco. This proven poison causes reproductive and brain breakdown.

Phenol

The toxic phenol found in plastics and cigarettes can cause kidney and liver damage and reduced blood pressure, resulting in severe sickness and possibly death.

Positive effects quitting smoking

Quitting smoking has nearly immediate and long-term positive health effects. A few examples from the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report that compares smokers to those who quit smoking include:

o After 5 to 15 years of not smoking, stroke risk is reduced to that of a person who never smoked.

o Coronary heart disease risk is cut by half 1 year after quitting and is nearly the same as someone who never smoked 15 years after quitting.

o Lung cancer risk drops by as much as half 10 years after quitting.

Sasha Maoory- Doctor and Internet writer.

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Dangerous Facts About Tobacco