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THE
HAZARDS OF
SMOKING |
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Avoiding
the dangers of smoking cigarettes is critical to your survival in this
day and age. Here are some well established but shocking smoking
statistics about the know hazards of smoking:
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There
are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, including 43 known cancer
causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins.
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The
soot, tar, gases, in cigarette smoke harm your body over a period
of time.
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Smoking
accounts for more than 30% of all deaths from cancer and almost 90
% if deaths from lung cancer.
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About
75% of deaths from chronic bronchitis and emphysema are attributed
to smoking.
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The
US Environmental Protection Agency has classified environmental
tobacco smoke as a Class A carcinogen along with asbestos,
arsenic, benzene and radon gas.
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There
is no doubt that smoking is a global health problem. But the surveys
have proved that smokers are not ignorant to the injurious effects of
their habit, yet they cannot overcome their addiction.
Thankfully,
there is a way out. Read on to find out how to turn around the
impossible.
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