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PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS AS AN INSULT, I WOULDNT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE TO GET THIS INFORMATION IF I DIDNT CARE ABOUT YOU. PLEASE QUIT NOW! IF NOT FOR ME THEN FOR SOMEONE WHOM YOU REALLY LOVE.
I just recently found out that one of my friends started smoking, and I happen to care about this person a lot. So here are some fact for them to read and think about and quit now. While its still considerably "easy" because the longer they smoke the harder it will be to quit!!!
Coalition for a Smoke Free Youth
At The George Washington University
FACTS ABOUT CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO
1. Tobacco is the only product that when used as intended kills the customers.
2. Tobacco kills 420,000 Americans every year.
3. More pople died from tobacco every year than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides,
drugs, and fires COMBINED.
4. Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.
5. Smoking just two cigarettes a day can double a person's risk of getting lung cancer!
6. ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF ALL SMOKERS STARTED BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.
7. THE YOUNGER SMOKERS ARE WHEN THEY START THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO DIE.
8. IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL TOBACCO TO PEOPLE UNDER THE 18 YEARS OF AGE.
9. MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE STARTED SMOKING EVERY DAY -- MAJORITY OF THEM TEENS!
10. 3000 people died every day from cigarettes and tobacco.
11. Cigarettes are very easily bought from a vending machine.
12. Tobacco addes try to make teens think that smoking is glamorous and that everybody does
it and that smoking is "cool."
13. None of this is true, but unfortunately some teens believed it.
14. Tobacco companies spend $5.23 billion dollars to advertise and promote their deadly products.
15. TOBACCO CONTAINS NICOTINE, A VERY ADDICTIVE DRUG.
16. THE NUMBER OF TEENAGERS SMOKING HAS NOT DROPPED.
17. TOBACCO COMPANIES TARGET TEENS TO BUY THEIR DEADLY PRODUCTS.
18. Tobacco ads will make people thin that some cigarette brands are "safer" by saying it is
"low in tar" or "low in nicotine."
19. Tobacco companies already know that cigarettes contain nicotine, but they hide that truth from
the American people!
20. Tobacco companies don't care how many lives were being lost -- they only tried to protect their
own profits.
21. These guys only want money -- our hard earned money.
22. Children of smoking mothers are three times more likely to die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
23. SECONDHAND SMOKE IS A REAL DANGER TO OUR HEALTH.
24. Secondhand smoke makes breathing harder for the 12.4 million young people and adults who have asthma.
25. 3000 NONSMOKERS DIED EVERY YEAR FROM LUNG CANCER BECAUSE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE.
26. In 1993 the Environmental Proctection Agency (EPA) started calling secondhand smoke a "known human carcinogen."
27. TOBACCO COMPANIES WANT TO FIND NEW SMOKERS TO REPLACE THE ONES WHO HAVE QUIT - OR DIED!!
28. Tobacco companies don't pay to take care of the sick and dying people that used their tobacco product.
29. So who pays for these sick and dying people? WE DO!
30. Tobacco trade is selling death to the world.
31. AROUND THE WORLD, SMOKING CAUSES ONE DEATH EVERY TEN SECONDS.
32. American companies make most of the cigarettes sold around the world.
33. In many countries they use advertising tricks that are illegal in the U.S.
34. In the past, the U.S. government has actually helped U.S. tobacco companies sell thier products around the world.
35. SOME MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE EVEN TRIED TO FORCE OTHER COUNTRIES TO BRING IN U.S. TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR PRESSURED THEM TO WEAKEN LAWS THAT WOULD REDUCE TOBACCO USE!!
36. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that more than 500 million people alive in this world today will die because of tabacco use!
37. Kids under five years of age think that Joe Camil is their own Mickey Mouse!!
38. The three most used brand cigarettes are Marlboro, Camel, and Newport.
39. People who sell tobacco products to kids under 18 years old often never asked for their ID card.
40. Camel is the number one cigarette brand used by kids under 18 years old.
41. Owners don't try to stop or prevent under aged kids from buying cigarettes and tobacco from vending machines.
42. Joe Camel is a very bad influence on kids.
43. Teens are influenced by their peers who smoke.
44. Not that many laws are preventing tobacco use for teens under eighteen years.
45. The government hasn't done enough to back up the Synar Amendment.
46. Laws that said selling tobacco to teens under 18 years of age are illegal are hardly ever enforced.
PLEASE HELP US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO.
WE DON'T WANT THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW TO BE
THE VICTIMS OF THE TOBACCO USE OF TODAY!!!
***DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY CIGARETTE THAT YOU SMOKE TAKES AWAY 7 PRECIOUS MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU COULD BE SPENDING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND KIDS? MAYBE EVEN YOUR GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS.
Here's what you can look forward to once you quit:
Your extra risk of developing heart disease from smoking can be reduced by up to 50% just a year or two after quitting.(2, 5)
Five to 15 years after quitting, your risk of stroke is the same as someone who never smoked.(5, 6)
Ten years after quitting, your risk for lung cancer is 30% to 50% lower than it would be if you kept smoking.(5)
Women who quit at age 35 increase their life expectancy by six to eight years; at 45 about seven years; at age 55 about five to six years.(7)
Quitting has great benefits for you, no matter how old you are, how much or how long you've smoked.(7)
WAYS TO QUIT!
Nicotine replacement therapy is a safe and effective way to help you overcome your habit - especially if you're serious about quitting.(4) In fact, using a patch, nasal spray or bupropion doubles the likelihood that you'll stay quit. And using gum or an inhaler increases your chances by 50%.(3) These are the quitting medications approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration - talk to your doctor or health care professional about what could work for you:(3)
Nicotine patch
Nicotine nasal spray
Sustained release bupropion
Nicotine gum
Nicotine inhaler
Nicotine lozenge
**YOU CAN ALSO SEEK PROFESSIONAL COUNCILING AND HELP FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEIR SUPPORT CAN BE VERY HELPFULL.
IF YOU FAIL TO QUIT ITS OK. JUST TRY AGAIN:
Quitting smoking can be difficult. But you're not alone, and the impact on your life and health is definitely worth it.
In 2000, more than 70% of smokers wanted to quit, and 41% tried for at least a day.(1)
Former smokers typically made 8-11 attempts before quitting for good.(2) Don't let failure stop you from trying again - if you make a serious quit attempt once a month, you could be smoke-free within a year. The important thing to remember is to keep trying.
I just recently found out that one of my friends started smoking, and I happen to care about this person a lot. So here are some fact for them to read and think about and quit now. While its still considerably "easy" because the longer they smoke the harder it will be to quit!!!
Coalition for a Smoke Free Youth
At The George Washington University
FACTS ABOUT CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO
1. Tobacco is the only product that when used as intended kills the customers.
2. Tobacco kills 420,000 Americans every year.
3. More pople died from tobacco every year than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides,
drugs, and fires COMBINED.
4. Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.
5. Smoking just two cigarettes a day can double a person's risk of getting lung cancer!
6. ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF ALL SMOKERS STARTED BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.
7. THE YOUNGER SMOKERS ARE WHEN THEY START THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO DIE.
8. IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL TOBACCO TO PEOPLE UNDER THE 18 YEARS OF AGE.
9. MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE STARTED SMOKING EVERY DAY -- MAJORITY OF THEM TEENS!
10. 3000 people died every day from cigarettes and tobacco.
11. Cigarettes are very easily bought from a vending machine.
12. Tobacco addes try to make teens think that smoking is glamorous and that everybody does
it and that smoking is "cool."
13. None of this is true, but unfortunately some teens believed it.
14. Tobacco companies spend $5.23 billion dollars to advertise and promote their deadly products.
15. TOBACCO CONTAINS NICOTINE, A VERY ADDICTIVE DRUG.
16. THE NUMBER OF TEENAGERS SMOKING HAS NOT DROPPED.
17. TOBACCO COMPANIES TARGET TEENS TO BUY THEIR DEADLY PRODUCTS.
18. Tobacco ads will make people thin that some cigarette brands are "safer" by saying it is
"low in tar" or "low in nicotine."
19. Tobacco companies already know that cigarettes contain nicotine, but they hide that truth from
the American people!
20. Tobacco companies don't care how many lives were being lost -- they only tried to protect their
own profits.
21. These guys only want money -- our hard earned money.
22. Children of smoking mothers are three times more likely to die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
23. SECONDHAND SMOKE IS A REAL DANGER TO OUR HEALTH.
24. Secondhand smoke makes breathing harder for the 12.4 million young people and adults who have asthma.
25. 3000 NONSMOKERS DIED EVERY YEAR FROM LUNG CANCER BECAUSE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE.
26. In 1993 the Environmental Proctection Agency (EPA) started calling secondhand smoke a "known human carcinogen."
27. TOBACCO COMPANIES WANT TO FIND NEW SMOKERS TO REPLACE THE ONES WHO HAVE QUIT - OR DIED!!
28. Tobacco companies don't pay to take care of the sick and dying people that used their tobacco product.
29. So who pays for these sick and dying people? WE DO!
30. Tobacco trade is selling death to the world.
31. AROUND THE WORLD, SMOKING CAUSES ONE DEATH EVERY TEN SECONDS.
32. American companies make most of the cigarettes sold around the world.
33. In many countries they use advertising tricks that are illegal in the U.S.
34. In the past, the U.S. government has actually helped U.S. tobacco companies sell thier products around the world.
35. SOME MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE EVEN TRIED TO FORCE OTHER COUNTRIES TO BRING IN U.S. TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR PRESSURED THEM TO WEAKEN LAWS THAT WOULD REDUCE TOBACCO USE!!
36. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that more than 500 million people alive in this world today will die because of tabacco use!
37. Kids under five years of age think that Joe Camil is their own Mickey Mouse!!
38. The three most used brand cigarettes are Marlboro, Camel, and Newport.
39. People who sell tobacco products to kids under 18 years old often never asked for their ID card.
40. Camel is the number one cigarette brand used by kids under 18 years old.
41. Owners don't try to stop or prevent under aged kids from buying cigarettes and tobacco from vending machines.
42. Joe Camel is a very bad influence on kids.
43. Teens are influenced by their peers who smoke.
44. Not that many laws are preventing tobacco use for teens under eighteen years.
45. The government hasn't done enough to back up the Synar Amendment.
46. Laws that said selling tobacco to teens under 18 years of age are illegal are hardly ever enforced.
PLEASE HELP US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO.
WE DON'T WANT THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW TO BE
THE VICTIMS OF THE TOBACCO USE OF TODAY!!!
***DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY CIGARETTE THAT YOU SMOKE TAKES AWAY 7 PRECIOUS MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU COULD BE SPENDING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND KIDS? MAYBE EVEN YOUR GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS.
Here's what you can look forward to once you quit:
Your extra risk of developing heart disease from smoking can be reduced by up to 50% just a year or two after quitting.(2, 5)
Five to 15 years after quitting, your risk of stroke is the same as someone who never smoked.(5, 6)
Ten years after quitting, your risk for lung cancer is 30% to 50% lower than it would be if you kept smoking.(5)
Women who quit at age 35 increase their life expectancy by six to eight years; at 45 about seven years; at age 55 about five to six years.(7)
Quitting has great benefits for you, no matter how old you are, how much or how long you've smoked.(7)
WAYS TO QUIT!
Nicotine replacement therapy is a safe and effective way to help you overcome your habit - especially if you're serious about quitting.(4) In fact, using a patch, nasal spray or bupropion doubles the likelihood that you'll stay quit. And using gum or an inhaler increases your chances by 50%.(3) These are the quitting medications approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration - talk to your doctor or health care professional about what could work for you:(3)
Nicotine patch
Nicotine nasal spray
Sustained release bupropion
Nicotine gum
Nicotine inhaler
Nicotine lozenge
**YOU CAN ALSO SEEK PROFESSIONAL COUNCILING AND HELP FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEIR SUPPORT CAN BE VERY HELPFULL.
IF YOU FAIL TO QUIT ITS OK. JUST TRY AGAIN:
Quitting smoking can be difficult. But you're not alone, and the impact on your life and health is definitely worth it.
In 2000, more than 70% of smokers wanted to quit, and 41% tried for at least a day.(1)
Former smokers typically made 8-11 attempts before quitting for good.(2) Don't let failure stop you from trying again - if you make a serious quit attempt once a month, you could be smoke-free within a year. The important thing to remember is to keep trying.