SMOKING AND

HEALTH
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 A thousand people die of tobacco-
related illnesses every day in the
United States alone. That is more than
seven times as many people who die in
motor vehicle crashes. More people
die every year because of tobacco than
the total number of Americans killed in
World War I, World War II, and the
Vietnam War combined! Worldwide 2
to 2.5 million people die a year. That’s
more than 6000 people a day!
 Various forms of cancer, heart disease,
emphysema, bronchitis, spontaneous
abortions, fetal death, birth defects, ulcers,
damage to DNA, high blood sugar, high
blood pressure, infertility in women,
impotence in men, dried up testicles,
pathological increase in the heart rate and
subsequent damage to the heart,
constriction and even total collapse of blood
vessels, numbness of hands and arms,
marked increase in stomach acidity,
crippling of taste buds and massive
destruction of vital cells from the lips to the
lungs and many many more.
 Cigarette smoke contains more
than 4000 chemical substances.
ACROLEIN
CARBON MONOXIDE
NICOTINE
AMMONIA
FORMIC ACID
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
NITROUS OXIDE
FORMALDEHYDE
PHENOL
ACETALDEHYDE
HYDROGEN SULFIDE
PYRIDYNE
METHYL CHLORIDE
ACETONITRILE
PROPIONALDEHYDE
METHANOL
ARSENIC, CADMIUM, BENZENE (used in DDT manufacture)
and many more cancer producing substances!
 SIDESTREAM SMOKE
1. The unquestionable, irrefutable fact is
that tobacco smoke exposes nonsmokers to
potent, killing carcinogens. The question is
not whether side stream smoke poses a
cancer risk to nonsmokers; it’s the
magnitude of the risk.
2. Carbon monoxide is the most deadly of
them. Side stream smoke has been shown
to contain twice the tar, twice the nicotine
and five times as much carbon monoxide as
mainstream smokers. Plus!
Do you have children? Do
you smoke? If you really
love them, then, please
do them a favour!

STEP OUTSIDE! PLEASE!!

SMOKING KILLS! NOT ONLY
YOU BUT ALSO YOUR NEAR
AND DEAR ONES!!