HEALTH DANGERS OF SMOKING

Smoking causes death.

The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3 More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4 Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1 An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease are caused by smoking.1

Smoking and Increased Health Risks

Compared with nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of

coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times,1,5 stroke by 2 to 4 times,1,6 men developing lung cancer by 23 times,1 women developing lung cancer by 13 times,1 and dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.1

Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease

Smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.1 Cigarette smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries) and puts smokers at risk of developing peripheral vascular disease (i.e., obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs that can cause a range of problems from pain to tissue loss or gangrene).1,7 Smoking causes abdominal aortic aneurysm (i.e., a swelling or weakening of the main artery of the bodythe aortawhere it runs through the abdomen).1

Smoking and Respiratory Disease

Smoking causes lung cancer.1,2 Smoking causes lung diseases (e.g., emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction) by damaging the airways and alveoli (i.e., small air sacs) of the lungs.1,2

Smoking and Cancer

Smoking causes the following cancers:1

Acute myeloid leukemia Bladder cancer Cancer of the cervix Cancer of the esophagus Kidney cancer Cancer of the larynx (voice box) Lung cancer Cancer of the oral cavity (mouth) Pancreatic cancer Cancer of the pharynx (throat) Stomach cancer

Smoking and Other Health Effects

Smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including increased risk for

infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).1,8

Smoking is associated with the following adverse health effects:8

Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked. Women who smoke have an increased risk for hip fracture than women who never smoked.

If you smoke, you increase your risk of more than 50 serious health conditions. Some may be fatal and others can cause irreversible long-term damage to your health. Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK. You can become ill:

if you smoke yourself through other peoples smoke (passive smoking or secondhand smoke)

In the UK, around 114,000 people die every year from smoking-related illnesses.

Risks to your health

Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancers. It also causes cancer in many other parts of the body, such as the:

mouth lips throat voice box (larynx) oesophagus (the tube between your mouth and stomach) bladder kidney liver stomach pancreas

Smoking damages your heart and your blood circulation, increasing the risk of conditions such as:

coronary heart disease heart attack stroke peripheral vascular disease (damaged blood vessels) cerebrovascular disease (damaged arteries that supply blood to your brain)

Smoking damages your lungs, causing conditions such as:

chronic bronchitis (infection of the main airways in the lungs) emphysema (damage to the small airways in the lungs) pneumonia (inflammation in the lungs)

Smoking can also worsen or prolong the symptoms of respiratory conditions, such as asthma, or respiratory tract infections, such as the common cold. .

RUNAWAY Say it's true, there's nothing like me and you Not alone, tell me you feel it too And I would runaway I would runaway, yeah I would runaway I would runaway with you [Chorus] Cause I have fallen in love With you, no never have I'm never gonna stop falling in love, with you Close the door, lay down upon the floor And by candlelight, make love to me through the night Cause I have runaway I have runaway, yeah I have runaway, runaway I have runaway with you [Chorus] And I would runaway I would runaway, yeah I would runaway I would runaway with you

enough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (2x) Remember those times we had The good, the happy and sad I never thought we got around When things went tumbling down I guess we got lonely There was no one else for us to turn to Coz I dont need you any longer Coz now Im stronger Chorus: Enough! No more! Its time for you to be on your way Times up! Get out! No need for us to figure it out Let go! Move on! Its time to go our separate ways Enough! Be gone! The hurt, the pain will only remain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah No need for us to figure it out Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah The hurt, the pain will only remain Stop trying to call me Stop messing with my mind Why cant you see That theres nothing else that you will find Coz well only keep on fighting And our hearts will only keep on hurting Tell me who are we fooling With our selfish pride Chorus: Enough! No more! Its time for you to be on your way Times up! Get out! No need for us to figure it out Let go! Move on! Its time to go our separate ways Enough! Be gone! The hurt, the pain will only remain (Stay away) Till the clouds settle

(Find a way) For our hearts to be sober (And someday) I hope and I pray Maybe we could be good friends Take a turn in our destined end Oooooh-woah, noo Bridge(Rap): This is enough Yeah, we fuss and fight What a damage weve done And I knew that we aint gon make it right Lookin at the mirror This body and mind is wasted And now I just feel so ashamed To feel like Ive been chasin The love I never thought would last I guess that was the past I remember all the memories, The things we used to have Im movin on, but you keep comin back Its too late, its too late (yeah!) Coz its over, yeah Chorus: Enough! No more! Its time for you to be on your way Times up! Get out! No need for us to figure it out (Figure it out) Let go! Move on! (Move on!) Its time to go our separate ways Enough! Be gone! The hurt, the pain will only remain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah No need for us to figure it out Ooooh The hurt, the pain will only remain Ooooh, oooh, nooo, ooh