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IS SMOKING BAD FOR YOU ??
What is smoking ?
Smoking is responsible for several diseases, such as cancer, long-term (chronic) respiratory desease, and heart disease, as well as premature death.
How many people die ?
Over 440,000 people in the USA and 100,000 in the UK die because of smoking each year. According the US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), $92 billion are lost each year from lost productivity resulting from smoking-related deaths. Of the more than 2.4 million deaths in the USA annually, over 440,000 are caused by smoking.
Smoking is the largest cause of preventable death in the world. Recent studies have found that smokers can undermine the health of non-smokers in some enviroments.
90% of lung cancer patients developed their disease because of smoking. Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the world. Smokers also have a significantly higher risk of developing:
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Throat cancer
- Mouth cancer
- Esophagus cancer
- Cancer of the pancreas
- Stomach cancer
- Some types leukemia
- Cancer of the nose and sinuses
- Cervical cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Breast cancer
Why does smoking raise cancer risk ?
Scientists say there are over 4,000 compounds in cigarette smoke. A size able number of them are toxic , they are bad for us and damage our cells. Some of them cause cancer , they are carcinogenic.
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