Facts Of Smoking You Should Know If You Want To Quit

Smoking can have many detrimental effects on our health. But most of the people do not take or view the problem seriously. Every smoker should be aware of the concerning facts and effects that smoking can bring. So here are some smoking facts that you should know.

The World Health Organization has been conducting studies about the trends and statistical patterns of people who smoke around the world and has recorded some of the following statistics:

Many women smoke in Eastern Europe than in East Asia and the Pacific Region. Up to 59 of male adults smoke in the Eastern Europe and Pacific Region.

Smoking has always deemed a trend by the rich as a lifestyle with other substances such as alcohol and cocaine. However, this trend has changes in the past few decades. Apparently, more financially well to do men in wealthier countries have been smoking less. It seems the more education these people are receiving, the likelihood of smoking is lesser.

According to the World Health Organization, the majority of smokers begin in their teenage years. Also a decline in the age of starting smoking have been also recorded and observed globally.

People from all over the world are also trying to quit smoking everyday. The higher the standard or living, education and income, the more people want to quit smoking every single day. The chances of quitting smoking increases when people are better and more informed about the detrimental effects of smoking.

There is an estimate of over 1 billion people in the world smokes, which also means one in every 3 adults smoke, and the number of smokers worldwide is expected to increase.

In the United States, approximately 25.6 million men (about 25.2%) or 22.6 million women (about 20.7%) of people are smokers. Here are also some other facts:

·Among whites, 25.1 percent of men and 21.7 percent of women smoke

·Among black or African Americans, 27.6 percent of men and 18.0 percent of women smoke

·Among Hispanics/Latinos, 23.2 percent of men and 12.5 percent of women smoke

·Among Asians (only), 21.3 percent of men and 6.9 percent of women smoke

·Among American Indians/Alaska Natives (only), 32.0 percent of men and 36.9 percent of women smoke

·One out of every five deaths is caused by tobacco

·An average of 400,000 Americans die each year from tobacco

·Tobacco is blamed for many serious pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases

·Tobacco and nicotine are some of the most potent carcinogens and are to blame for a majority of all cancers of the lung, trachea, bronchus, larynx, and esophagus

·Tobacco use also produces cancers in the pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix

·Impotency is sometimes to blame from addiction to nicotine because of its ability to reduce blood flow

·Smoking is an important risk factor for respiratory illnesses, causing 85,000 deaths per year from pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia

·Children and adolescents who are active smokers will have increasingly severe respiratory illness, as they grow older

·Smoking during pregnancy causes about 5-6% of prenatal deaths, 17-26% of low-birth-weight births, and 7-10% of pre-term deliveries, and it increases the risk of miscarriage and fetal growth retardation

·Cigarettes are responsible for about 25% of deaths from residential fires, causing nearly 1,000 fire-related deaths and 3,300 injuries each year

So after all the facts, don’t you think you ought to quit smoking?


About the Author: Tony James is an ex-smoker for 15 years and is currently helping smokers to quit smoking with ease without the discomfort of cravings or withdrawal symptoms.

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