| If you are looking to quit by using smoking | | | | - Smoking is the number one preventable cause |
| statistics in your arsenal of weapons against | | | | of death |
| nicotine, then you are going to want to print this | | | | - Smoking kills about one in every 10 adults |
| article and carry it around with you. | | | | - Smoking is responsible for over 5 million deaths |
| In this article I introduce a series of less | | | | a year, that's about 13,500 a day |
| commonly known smoking statistics that will really | | | | - Every 8 seconds someone dies from a smoking |
| get you thinking. By the conclusion you should | | | | related illness |
| have a good list of smoking statistics to help you | | | | - Every cigarette takes approx 5 minutes off |
| stop smoking. | | | | your life |
| One of the most powerful tools used in the fight | | | | - Half of all those who smoke over a long period |
| against smoking is statistics. They are used to | | | | will die from a smoking related illness |
| convince smokers to quit, persuade non-smokers | | | | - Smoking is the major causes about 90% of all |
| to join the fight against smoking and they even | | | | lung cancers. Other parts of the body where |
| have the power to convince councils and | | | | smoking commonly causes cancer include the |
| governments to make new laws and regulations | | | | mouth, nasal cavity and sinus, digestive tract, |
| governing smoking. | | | | pancreas, liver, stomach and kidney. |
| Statistics are never 100% accurate because | | | | - Smoking is responsible for approx 30% of all |
| there are too many variables involved such as: | | | | cancer deaths |
| - Who are the people collecting the statistical | | | | - Second hand smoke (smoke from tobacco that |
| information? | | | | is breathed in by non-smokers) causes thousands |
| - What exactly are they trying to find out? | | | | of deaths worldwide every year. |
| - What methods are they using to collect the | | | | - The most common reasons for people starting |
| statistical information? | | | | smoking include; peer pressure, social acceptance, |
| - Which groups in society are they getting the | | | | stress, life problems, family history of smoking, |
| statistical information from? | | | | low economic status, wanting to feel mature and |
| - What methods are used calculate the statistics? | | | | independent. |
| Many people say that statistics are not a good | | | | - 80% of smokers start the habit before they |
| way of judging something because of these | | | | turn 21 |
| variables. This may be true for some subjects, | | | | - Around 100,000 children worldwide start |
| but when it comes to smoking I totally disagree. | | | | smoking on a daily basis |
| Although statistics about smoking are not always | | | | - Most smokers in developed countries actually |
| accurate, they still paint a detailed picture of the | | | | want to give up but feel they can't because of |
| smoking landscape. There have been many | | | | their nicotine addiction |
| studies conducted all over the world on the | | | | The above statistics can be found in a number of |
| subject of smoking, each coming up with their | | | | different studies, even when you factor in all of |
| own set of data and statistics. | | | | the different variables. This is why I think you can |
| Although some findings may differ there are | | | | trust smoking statistics even when they may not |
| always common themes: Addiction, disease and | | | | be 100% accurate. |
| death. | | | | If you are a smoker please don't become a part |
| Here is a selection of the more commonly found | | | | of one the statistics mentioned above, become a |
| statistics from numerous statistical studies: | | | | part of a statistic that I haven't yet mentioned. |
| - Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemicals and | | | | Become one of the 5% of smokers who manage |
| toxins | | | | to quit every year. |
| - Over 1 billion people in the world smoke | | | | |