Don't Smoke!

Nursing Your Lungs DON'T SMOKE 11 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE SMOKERS. AMERICAN INDIAN 32.8% OR ALASKA NATIVE BLACK 19.1% TOBACCO USE BY ETHNICITY WHITE 17.4% (IN THE US) HISPANIC 14.1% ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER 8.1% 0% 25% 50% 1000 YOUTHS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 START SMOKING EVERY DAY. T IT EQUIVALENT TO THE AVERAGE SIZE OF 1 ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL. 1 OF 4 80% HALF HIGH SCHOOL WILL SMOKE WILL DIE 13 YEARS STUDENTS SMOKE. INTO ADULTHOOD. EARLIER THAN THEIR PEERS. 1-IN-5 WOMEN SMOKE WHILE PREGNANT. SMOKING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF Preventable Death IN THE UNITED STATES. CIGARETTE SMOKE CONTAINS OVER 4,800 CHEMICALS, INCLUDING.. HEXAMINE BUTANE CADMIUM STEARIC AMMONIA BBQ LIGHTER LIGHTER FLUID BATTERIES ACID TOILET CLEANER CANDLE WAX X. PAINT METHANE ARSENIC CARBON МЕТНANOL SEWER GAS POISON MONOXIDE ROCKET FUEL RESULTING IN A DEATH EVERY 6.5 SECONDS. MURDER TOBACCO TOBACCO KILLS OVER 20 TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN MURDER. ANNUALLY, TOBACCO USE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1-IN-5 DEATHS. 88 MILLION NON-SMOKING AMERICANS ARE EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE DAILY. INCLUDING 54% OF ALL CHILDREN AGED 3-11 YEARS. HYDROGEN CYANIDE HAS BEEN USED IN PRISON EXECUTIONS. IT'S ALSO FOUND IN CIGARETTE SMOKE. Н N RESULTING IN 50,000 DEATHS DUE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE ANNUALLY. 3,400 46,000 LUNG CANCER DEATHS HEART DISEASE DEATHS TOBACCO COMPANIES ENSURE THAT PEOPLE Stay Addicted THE TOBACCO COMPANY, PHILIP MORRIS GENERATES MORE REVENUE THAN McDonalds Nike Time Warner Cable 6.3 TRILLION CIGARETTES ARE PRODUCED EVERY YEAR. 900 CIGARETTES FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN THE WORLD. SO SAVE A LIFE, DON'T SMOKE. Created By: OnlineNursingPrograms.com Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/ http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smoke http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/overview/table05.asp http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/10/27/apple-now-has-81-5b-in-cash-13- 2m-sq-ft-of-facilities-and-60k-employees/ http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/1205093619.aspx http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/full_list/101_200.html http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/general-smoking-facts.html http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco/GuidetoQuittingSmoking/ guide-to-quitting-smoking-success-rates http://www.thetruth.com/facts/ BY NO ND This Work is Licensed Under a Creative Commons License