SMOKING KILLS |
More than 480,000 Americans die from smoking each year!
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Over 1,300 people die from smoking each DAY!
- Smokers die an average of 10 years earlier than non-smokers.
- 1 in 13 Americans aged 17 or younger alive today will die from tobacco and smoking related causes.
- Smoking causes cancer and a host of other diseases like heart disease, COPD, asthma, emphysema, diabetes, and stroke.
- Cancer and heart disease are the 2 leading causes of death among Americans.
- Cigarette smoking and tobacco use are the number 1 cause of lung cancer.
- Lung cancer is the number 1 killer among all cancers.
- The rate of cancer and lung cancer in Maine is higher than the national average!
A Tiny Killer
The small cigarette packs a big punch! Each cigarette contains about 600 different ingredients that when burned add up to over 7,000 different chemicals that are breathed in and lodged into your lungs. Many of these chemicals are poisonous and according to the American Lung Association, at least 69 of these are known to cause cancer!
Cigarette smoking among youth persists
The younger someone is when they start to smoke, the more likely that they will continue to smoke.
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Nationwide, 15.1% of adults 18 and older are current smokers, and 8% of high school students smoke.
In Mid Coast Maine 22.2% of adults 18 and older are current smokers, and 24% of high school students reported smoking or tobacco use.
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