Health
Smoking is a slow suicide. That's what scientists call it.
Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,800 chemical compounds, and almost all of them are toxic, carcinogenic, or can cause mutations. Scientists know exactly about 69 carcinogens contained in cigarettes.
Such smoke contains substances such as arsenic, lead, nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia and others.
If that's not enough to stop smoking, here are some shocking facts about smoking and cigarettes:
The harm of smoking
1. Passive smoking takes the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year.
2. About 15,000,000,000 cigarettes are smoked in the world every day.
3. About 1/3 of all smokers live in China. Cuba, Lebanon and Mongolia are among the “leaders” in terms of the number of smokers.
4. There are about 47,000,000 smokers in Russia.
5. Every tenth smoker in Russia is a woman, and about 60% of all smokers are men.
6. According to scientists, abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes, as well as proper nutrition and exercise, can prevent 30% of all cancers.
7. Despite the fact that he underwent more than 30 surgeries related to oral cancer, Freud did not stop smoking.
8. Nerve endings begin to recover just 48 hours after a person quits smoking, thereby helping a person to normalize their sense of smell and taste.
9. About a third of all people on Earth smoke.
10. Studies have shown that cigarettes can cause hair to turn gray much faster.
The dangers of smoking in brief
11. Smoking increases the risk of a heart attack by 200-400%.
12. The filter that supposedly protects the smoker is called cellulose acetate. It takes 2 to 10 years to fully decompose. It is made of synthetic materials, and the smoke that passes through it is not only harmful to humans, but also to the air and soil.
13. Every 6 seconds, one person in the world dies from smoking and a smoking-related illness.
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14. Research has shown that every smoker shortens their life expectancy by about 18 years.
15. Smoking tobacco through a hookah will bring 25 times more tar into your body than a regular cigarette.
The harm that smoking causes to the human body
16. At the moment, more than 16,000,000 people already suffer from smoking-related diseases. About 9,000,000 of them suffer from very serious illnesses.
17. Research has shown that 9 out of 10 cancers are caused by smoking. Here are a few types of cancer that smoking causes: cancers of the throat, mouth, nasal cavity, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder and cervix, and acute myeloid leukemia.
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18. About 8 out of 10 deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the result of smoking. There is currently no cure for COPD.
19. Women who smoke are 40% more likely to develop COPD than women who don't smoke.
The effect of smoking on humans
20. Smoking and passive smoking slow down lung development in children and adolescents.
21. An estimated 18,000,000 men in their 20s suffer from erectile dysfunction due to smoking, as cigarette smoke affects blood circulation.
22. Smokers are 30-40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-smokers.
23. Non-smokers who smoke secondhand smoke at home or at work increase the risk of developing lung cancer by 20-30% and developing heart disease by 25-30%.
24. Children who are exposed to passive smoking (inhaling cigarette smoke) are more likely to develop bronchitis, pneumonia, and middle ear inflammation.
25. More than half of children between 3 and 11 years of age are exposed to passive smoking.
