Tobacco Facts And Statistics Information

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http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a08/5n/pv/ten-tobacco-abuse-800x800.jpgTobacco facts and statistics indicate that smoking is responsible for over two million deaths annually in the United States. Many of these deaths are the result of premature deaths attributed to tobacco use. Smokers are also more susceptible to chronic illnesses than non-smokers; one of them being respiratory disease, coronary disease, and various types of cancer. Although the number of people that smoke has decreased over the years and there is a ban on advertising especially geared towards young people, studies show that most people start smoking prior to the age of 18. Tobacco has many elements that are known to be harmful to a person’s health, and a large proportion of these substances are known to cause cancer. Due to these poisonous substances and the way it affects a smoker’s skin many smokers appear much older than their true age.

Other tobacco facts and statistics indicate that thousands of chemicals enter your body from smoking a single cigarette. Those chemicals include acetone, ammonia, carbon dioxide, lead, nicotine, formaldehyde, shellac, and hydrogen cyanide. People who smoke have a fifty higher chance of dying prematurely and their life expectancy is 12 years shorter than a non-smoker. Tobacco facts and statistics also show that people in all different age groups die annually from secondhand smoke, and this is especially true for older adults. Young children are also affected by secondhand smoke with proportionally higher rates of chest related illnesses than children in households with non-smokers.

Help Your Kids Say No to Tobacco

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http://quitsmokingzone.org/wp-content/uploads/Smoking-kid.jpegAnd smoking is not the only danger. About 9.3% of high school students use smokeless tobacco. Kids who chew tobacco are approximately five times as likely to develop oral cancer than those who do not chew tobacco. The risks are real and problems are can develop quickly because cancer can appear within five years of chewing tobacco regularly. A harrowing story about an all-American 18-year-old reveals the very real dangers of chewing tobacco. Sean Marsee was a talented athlete who won 28 medals. He did not smoke or drink, but chewed tobacco, believing it wasn not bad for him. When he was diagnosed with oral cancer, part of his tongue was removed. But the cancer had spread. More surgeries followed, including the removal of his jawbone. Sean tragically lost his fight with cancer, and died at age 19.

Most of us understand the serious consequences of tobacco use. Tobacco products are the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in about 400,000 deaths per year. Many adults, who generally take their health more seriously than teenagers, try to quit smoking or reduce the amount of tobacco they use. An overwhelming majority (80 percent)of adults who currently smoke say they started before the age of 18. And this trend is not changing. Every day, 3,000 youngsters become regular smokers. Children, who tend to have a “nothing can harm me” attitude, largely ignore warnings and smoke without worrying about the consequences.

And even if you teach your children that smoking has serious, even fatal consequences, your wise words may not reduce their temptation of trying a cigarette for the first time. According to the latest reports from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 5 million children living today will die prematurely because of their decision to smoke. As many as 1 in 10 middle school students smoke cigarettes. 2)More than a quarter of high school students smoke cigarettes. 3)1 in 5 male high school students have smoked cigars. 4)1 in 10 female high school students have smoked cigars.

Tobacco Consumtion -An Invitation to Heart Disease

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http://www.mylocalgp.ie/images/rte/coughingashtray_300.jpgTobacco consumption increases the risk of coronary heart disease in young individuals,According to a   study in Bangladesh, “smoking tobacco increases risk of cardiac disease.”Smoking is one of the strong risk factors of heart disease; smokers have higher risk of heart disease than non-smokers. The study involved more than 200 individuals participating in an investigation. 69 cases with Coronary heart disease was included and 138 cases were considered as control without coronary heart disease. Most of patients with coronary heart disease were tobacco consumers, or had used tobacco in past. It was found that very less of the controls being current or past tobacco users. This shows clear association between tobacco use and the presence of coronary heart disease, and this was particularly true for bidi smoking and other types of smokeless tobacco.

Smoking is the most common method of consuming tobacco, and tobacco is the most common substance smoked.Tobacco is often mixed with other additives. The resulting vapors are then inhaled and the active substances absorbed through the alveoli in the lungs. According to worldwide survey, smoking is practiced by some 1.22 billion people. Men are more likely to smoke than women, though the gender gap declines with younger age. Many smokers begin during adolescence or early adulthood. After an individual has smoked for many years, the avoidance of smoking seems impossible.

Smokeless tobacco can be more  dangerous as it contains much more nicotine than cigarettes. Bidis are  are small hand-rolled smokeless cigarettes made in India and other southeastern Asian countries. Containing five times as much tar and more than three times as much nicotine and carbon monoxide as traditional cigarettes, bidis can have more serious health implications to the consumer. Other form of smokeless tobacco include chewing  pan ( betel leaf filled  wit tobacco), pan-masala or gutkha (a chewable form of  tobacco). Coronary heart disease(CHD) is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. This can cause chest pain ( angina), shortness of breath, heart attack, and other symptoms. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death across the world.