Why Smoking Is Bad For Your Health

Nicotine is an extremely addictive substance – it can be as addictive as some hard drugs. This means that you’re probably both physically and behaviourally addicted to nicotine. However, it's not just your health that's affected, also consider how your smoking affects the people you love – your children especially.

Shocking Smoking Facts

• For long-term smokers, half will die of a tobacco related disease.
• 400,000 people are estimated to die from cigarette smoking in the US every year.
• 1 out of every 5 deaths is caused by smoking related disease.
• Cigarette related deaths are often preceded by long and painful illnesses.
• Half the people diagnosed with Lung Cancer will be dead within a year.
• Urea is a found in our urine, it is also used in cigarettes to give flavour!
• Scientists say that smoking claims approximately 14 years from the life of an average smoker.
• Smoking contributes to impotence in men due to the reduction in blood flow needed for an erection. In the UK it is estimated 120,000 men in their 30’s and 40’s are impotent as a direct consequence of smoking (Source: British Medical Association).
• Smokers in their 40’s commonly have the same number of wrinkles as non smokers in their 60’s.

So ultimately, smoking cigarettes offers chronic disease, a fast track to death and increases the chance of your children picking up the habit. And you pay for these benefits! However, we suspect that you already knew this and are looking for reasons to support your decision to quit smoking today.

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