Here are some statistics about smoking and also some facts about cigarettes

Cigarettes / Tobacco:

• Estimations show that every cigarette smoked cuts at least 5 minutes of life.
• More than 4,000 toxic chemicals have been found in tobacco smoke

• 1 in 3 of the male adult global population smokes, and most are in the developing poorer countries.
• If is an amazing fact that every 8 seconds, someone dies from using tobacco
• Studies show that between 1950-2000, 60 million people died from tobacco-related diseases worldwide
• Smoking kills 1 in 10 people now, but according to current trends, it will kill 1 in 6 in a few years. (WHO Report 2003)
• Cigarette smoking remains the #1 modifiable risk factor
• 10 million cigarettes are sold every minute and 1 in 3 are consumed in the Western Pacific region.

• British statistics show that smoking cost 12 times more death than World War II
• Data show that everyday 1000 people are admitted for diseases caused by smoking.
• For every death from smoking, 20 smokers are suffering from a smoking related disease.
• 50% of teenagers currently smoking will die from cigarettes if the continue 99% of British women did not know that smoking causes cervical cancer

• Among Americans, smoking rates shrunk by nearly half in three decades It is a fact that smoking kills 1 in 5 Americans
• Smoking-related diseases cost the USA more than $150 billion a year

• Everyday, almost 100,000 children start smoking around the world - about 50% are in Asia
• 1/4 of youth alive in the Western Pacific Region will die from smoking