1. Smoking Facts and Stats
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Smoking Facts and Stats

2. Did you know…
About 440,000 Americans die of nicotine-related diseases (emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease) In fact, smoking kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car crashes, fires and AIDS combined.
Smoking also causes impotence.
1 pack a day = 7 years of lost life. The good news is that the body recovers much of that time when a person quits.
Cigarettes have a 30-minute half life.

3. Did you know…
Nicotine decreases blood flow to the heart, while increasing blood pressure and heart rate.
Smoking also hardens arteries so they cannot expand and contract normally.
A person is 400 times more likely to drop dead while smoking if at chronic risk.

4. Did you know…
Nicotine is a Class A carcinogen. It damages everything it comes in direct contact with (mouth, tongue, lungs, trachea, esophagus, stomach, bladder, prostate, etc.)
There are 400 other carcinogens in cigarettes.

5. CDC Says… (Hookah)
The charcoal used to heat tobacco produces high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and carcinogens
A 1-hour-long session = 200 puffs, (an average cigarette = 20 puffs)
Less risky? NOT!

6. Did you know…
One dose of smokeless tobacco has more nicotine than a cigarette.
Most smokers begin their habit at around age
Teenagers are at great risk for smoking related diseases because their immune systems are underdeveloped.

7. And did you know….
Companies have clever marketing programs to draw in new smokers. To maintain their market share, these companies must attract 2 million new smokers each year.
There are some very effective programs to help people quit.

8. And the cost!
Question: If an average pack of cigarettes costs $5.00 ($9), what is the annual cost to a pack-a-day smoker?
Answer: $1,825. ($3,285)
If a person didn’t smoke from age 15 until age 65 and saved all that money instead, how much would he or she have?
Answer: $91,250 ($164,250)

9. And now for something truly amazing…
If a person invested that $5.00 a day into an investment account (mutual fund, index fund, etc.), and if that account earned an average of 10% interest compounded over the same period of time….
That same person would have about $2.5 million at age 65.
If you consider the true cost of cigarettes today (about $9) and you invested that much, it would be about $4.1 million.

10. Sources The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Familydoctor.org
Investor.gov