Cigarettes are slim filter paper wrapped tubes, that are stuffed with tobacco and a

reported 599 additives that make up the ingredients in cigarettes, in the United States
based tobacco companies' cigarettes. There is a blend of flavors to make cigarettes taste
better when smoked, like orange oil, lavender oil, vanilla, cloves, licorice, apricot stone,
rum and more. Companies worldwide make billions of dollars worth of profit from
cigarette sales, and those that give companies most of their lucrative peaks range from
age groups of 14-24. It has a lot of health risks involved when smoking them on a long
term basis, and can prove to be fatal as well, which would prove beneficial if one were to
quit smoking. At least 20,000 people die every year below the age of 70 from the 100,000
who started smoking at the age of 15, and a shocking one out of every five people die due
to a tobacco causing illness. Here we look into many factors like the history of this
wonder tobacco, some passive smoking facts, and teen smoking that is at an all time high
along with other interesting cigarette smoking facts.

Facts About Smoking Cigarettes

Smoking cigarettes is a cause for concern, since many facts point out clearly that
smoking is a dangerous form of inhaling chemicals, disguised as smoke. Teens who are
exposed to advertising, and those who smoke are easily influenced by a so called 'trend'
or the want to 'blend in'. They need to be put through an eyeopener awareness program
when it comes to smoking facts for teens. Here you'll find fascinating cigarette smoking
facts, that you will find particularly interesting and shocking to read about.

• There are about 20 percent of American teens who smoke.

• On an average, there are 3000 children who light up their first cigarette.
• Secondhand smoking can lead to one having decreased lung function, discomfort
in the chest, coughing and phlegm irritation.
• Christopher Columbus on his return to Spain, took tobacco leaves for Queen
Isabella. You may also some pretty intriguing facts in smoking facts and myths.
• Back in the 1600s, people in Turkey were tortured/killed for using tobacco;
people in Russia were killed for the same and in China they were beheaded.
• People thought tobacco had medicinal value. Jean Nicot brought the tobacco plant
back home to Portugal claiming that it had properties that could heal wounds, and
treat ailments like cancer and asthma.
• The Brazilians were the first to invent the idea of smoking tobacco, by rolling it in
tobacco leaves.
• Rolling cigarettes for smoking were done in the 1800s, although it was expensive
to do so. That is why it was preferred to be smoked in a pipe.
• Words like 'nicotiana' and 'nicotine' came from Jean Nicot's last name.
• Henry Ford and Thomas Edison both agreed that the use of tobacco should be
banned.
• Spanish and American colonies used tobacco sometimes in the place of money,
due to its high value back then.
• Tobacco was called 'herba panacea', meaning 'cure-all herb', since people
believed it was smoked to clean out the lungs.
 • 'Bidis', which are legally imported from India, are thin filtered cigarettes that are
hand wrapped in brown leaves. These are then tied with pieces of thread and are
most commonly used among kids under the age of 18.
• Bidis are cheaper than cigarettes, and most kids think that smoking them are less
risky than smoking cigarettes. Find out more on cigarette smoking statistics from,
smoking facts and statistics.
• Nicotine in bidis have more nicotine present in them that is sent to one's
bloodstream in high doses, and are more addictive than smoking cigarettes.
• Teenagers are highly addicted to nicotine, and can't give up the habit easily like
adults.
• Smoking in women during pregnancy can cause miscarriages.
• Unborn children can have mental and developmental problems.
• Nicotine is known for raising cholesterol levels in the blood.
• Because tobacco is legal, teens and others alike find it easy to smoke and attain.
• Cigars contain nicotine that go up to 400 milligrams each, while cigarettes have
about 8-9 milligrams of nicotine.
• A cigarette that's been lit has a high concentration of toxins than from one that's
exhaled.

Effects of Smoking on the Body

The effects of smoking cigarettes aren't pleasant for one to be subjected to, that is why
doctors urge people to snuff the habit before the health risks take over. Read further into
this on, harmful health effects of smoking cigarettes.

• Insomnia
 • Nausea
• Neuralgia
• Arthritis
• Feeling nervous
• Headaches
• Fingers and teeth are stained
• Leukoflakia
• Asthma
• Chest colds
• High blood pressure
• Convulsions
• Bronchitis
• Shortness of breath
• Tension
• Smoker's hack
• Tobacco amblyopia
• Influenza
• Peptic ulcers
• Depression
• Sinus passage inflammation
• Premature aging and wrinkles
• Pneumonia
• Larynx, tongue, bladder, lip, lung and pharynx cancer
• Nicotine angina pectoris
• Libido decreases
• Impaired hearing

These cigarette smoking facts should be able to influence chain smokers to quit the habit.
You can look into these tips to quit smoking, for help. I hope that you help yourself and
others stay clear from this bad habit, and alter your health drastically for the better. Stay
safe.

Nobody needs a reminder of the fact that smoking is bad for health. You have probably
been told this countless number of times by countless number of people. However,
sometimes it takes more than just repeated warnings about impending heart attacks to get
people really thinking about how bad this extremely futile, money-burning and avoidable
habit can be. So here are a few smoking facts and statistics that will help you understand
the huge scale of this habit, which according to the United States Center for Disease
Control is "the single most important preventable risk to human health in developed
countries and an important cause of premature death worldwide."

Smoking Facts and Statistics

Every year as many as 440,000 individuals succumb to smoking related diseases in the
United States alone. That, however, is just one of the numerous facts about smoking
which highlight the seriousness of the issue. The information given below includes quite
a few smoking facts and myths which you must have never come across before.

• According to recent data around 1.1 billion people in the world are smokers, and
if this trend continues at the current rate, this number is expected to increase to
about 1.6 billion by 2025. That would mean that approximately one in every
seven people would be a cigarette smoker in another 15 years from now.
• At least 80 percent of the people that are diagnosed with lung cancer are (or have
been) active smokers.
• More people die in the United States due to cigarette smoking as compared to
those that die due to car crashes, alcohol abuse, murder, drug abuse and AIDS
combined.
• There are many alarming smoking facts and statistics related to teen smoking as
well. It is said that approximately one in five people that are in their early teens,
that is between the age of thirteen and fifteen years, smoke cigarettes.
• A life is lost due to tobacco use in some part of the world every eight seconds.
This comes at around five million deaths due to the direct or indirect effects of
smoking.

Secondhand Smoking Facts and Statistics

Secondhand smoke, also referred to as passive smoke or environmental tobacco smoke, is

yet another serious health concern in the world, and a look at some hard-hitting facts
about secondhand smoking will tell you exactly why. Given below are some passive
smoking facts which will give you a rough idea of the seriousness of the issue.

• Secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable risk to human health in the
United States. Only active smoking and alcohol are considered more serious than
this.
• Passive smoking, which is one of the leading causes of various cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases in humans, result in 600,000 premature deaths in the world
every year.
• When a person smokes a cigarette, 85 percent of the smoke released from it
remains in the atmosphere and enters our respiratory system when we breathe.
• In the United States, approximately 70 to 90 percent of the population are exposed
to secondhand smoke on a regular basis.
• Women who don't smoke but live with a smoker have 91 percent risk of suffering
from heart disease, and double the risk of dying from lung cancer.
For many people out there, these smoking facts and statistics must be really disheartening
to read, but this is the scenario that is prevailing in the society today. According to the
aforementioned statistics, one in seven people in the world have the money to splurge on
cigarettes when almost one in six people in the world are malnourished or do not have
enough food to eat for the day. Let's hope that these dangers of smoking act as an eye
opener for those people who have been turning a blind eye to the adverse consequences
of lighting this 'cancer stick'.