1. A cigarette is a pipe with a fire at one end and a fool at the other
2. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of statistics - Fletcher Knebel 10 million deaths per year worldwide by 2020 It is estimated that there are 1.3 billion smokers worldwide
3. Smoking Facts More than 700 chemical additives are found in a cigarette- 43 carcinogens Once lit, a cigarette reaches a temperature of nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. One puff lowers the temperature in the fingertips 1ºF to 3ºF in 3 minutes Two to four cigarettes in a row increase blood fats 200 to 400% Life expectancy decreases about 12 to 14 minutes per cigarette Lung cancer , respiratory problems and heart ailments Worldwide decline in semen quality might be due to smoking
4. Smoking causes more deaths in the United States than alcohol, AIDS, illegal drugs, auto accidents, fires, murders, and suicides combined. Every 72 seconds , somebody dies from smoking Globally, smoking kills 1 in 10 people In UK more than 100 people every day are diagnosed with Lung Cancer
5. Worldwide, 80,000 – 100,000 children start smoking every day. About one quarter of them will die from a smoking-related illness Currently 4 ½ million children and adolescent smokers are in United States In UK one in four people over the age of sixteen smokes
6. Danger Bells for UK Tobacco is most heavily subsidized crop in UK Approximately 450 children start smoking everyday There are over 38,000 new cases of lung cancer each year in UK Smoking causes about 30% of all cancer deaths and 17% of all heart disease deaths About 12 million adults in UK smoke cigarettes - 28% of men and 24% of women 114,000 smokers die as a result of their habit every year
7. Aggressive Tobacco Industry 15 billion cigarettes are sold daily – equivalent to 10 million every minute In 1997, the tobacco industry's spending on advertising in USA was about $15 million a day ($5.7 billion for the year) In Russia, foreign tobacco companies account for 40% of all TV and radio advertising British American Tobacco reported an operating profit of £2,830 million
10. Smoking-related diseases cost United States more than $150 billion a year By 2030, tobacco is expected to be the single biggest cause of death worldwide