FACTS ABOUT SMOKING

There are over 1.1 billion smokers worldwide! 1.1 trillion cigarettes are smoked every year !

Women smokers enter menopause an average of 5 years earlier than non-smokers

Smoking accelerates the aging process.

Women who smoke are at an increased risk of osteoporosis.

In male smokers, the activity of their sperm is reduced.

Children are twice as likely to need fillings if their mothers smoke .

Smoking has been associated with snoring and sleep apnea (That's when you stop breathing while you sleep !)

In women, hoarseness is 17 times more frequent in smokers.

Facial hair is 7 times more frequent in women who smoke.

In 1990 US cigarettes started 44,000 fires, resulting in over 1200 deaths, 3400 injuries.

Results say that smoking may cause hot flushes by the loss of estrogen.

Recent tobacco use had an impact on the occurrence of fatal cancer.

Women smokers are twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage than non-smokers.

Scientists have found more than 4,000 different chemicals in tobacco smoke. Chemicals like ammonia, lead, benzene, arsenic and dioxin. More than 50 of these are known to cause cancer.

Smoking is believed to weaken muscles around the spine causing back pain.

Long-term smoking increases the risk of arthritis in women.

Smoking is linked to vision loss.

Smoking does not help you to keep your weight down.

About 41% of daily smokers were toothless, compared with 26% of ex-smokers.

Male smokers are much more likely to suffer major erectile dysfunction.

In 1995, Philip Morris recalled eight billion cigarettes because traces of the lethal chemical methyl isothiocyanate were found in the cigarette filters.

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