2. - In 2006 484 billion cigarettes were
sold.
- Every year approximately 443,000
people die from cigarettes.
3. - Cigarette smoking causes: asthmatic
attacks, bronchial infections, cancer, and
many more medical conditions.
- Also, cigarettes are very expensive.
4. - Terrie Hall of North Carolina is 51 years old.
She began smoking when she was 17 years old.
At one point in her life she would smoke two
packs of cigarettes a day. After 23 years of
smoking she stopped, but it was too late. She
has since been diagnosed with cancer.
5. - Aden suffers from secondhand smoke. He has
never picked up a cigarette in his life. Secondhand
smoke from family members has been a main
cause of Aden’s asthma. Aden also has had many
trips to the emergency room and nights in intensive
care because of his secondhand smoke asthma.
6. - Chewing tobacco is most commonly packaged as
loose leaf in a foil package. It is placed between the
cheek and gums.
- Snuff is most commonly packaged as moist in a can.
A pinch or “dip” is placed between the cheek or lip and
gums.
7. - Chewing tobacco and snuff contain 28 cancer
causing agents.
- Chewing tobacco and snuff cause nicotine
addiction.
8. - Chewing tobacco and snuff cause tooth decay.
This leads to many people loosing their teeth.
Also, the yellowish coating on the teeth is
impossible to remove.
9. - Chewing tobacco and snuff cause mouth cancer.
Leukoplakia is also a result of chewing tobacco
and snuff. Gruen Von Behrens, top right, began
chewing tobacco at age 14. At the age of 16 he
was diagnosed with leukoplakia, a white spot that
grows on your gums.
