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1. About 8.6 million people in the US have at least 1 serious illness that’s caused by smoking.

1. Smoking is the cause of 1 in 5 deaths in the US annually. And tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death.

1. About 1.69 billion pounds of butts end up as toxic trash each year, making cigarettes the most littered item on Earth.

1. For every person that dies from a smoking-related disease, there are 20 more who suffer from at least one serious illness associated with smoking. 

1. The CDC estimates that adult male smokers lose an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lose 14.5 years of life because of smoking. And given the diseases that smoking can cause, it can steal your quality of life long before you die.

1. In 2012, 18.1% of Americans age 18 and older were current smokers.

1. A single cigarette contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. Secondhand smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, including 70 cancer-causing chemicals.

1. State governments will collect $25.7 billion in tobacco taxes and legal settlements in 2013, but spend less than 2% of that on tobacco control programs.

1. Investing 15 percent ($3.7 billion) of the $25.7 billion would fund every state's tobacco control programme at CDC-recommended levels.

1. Every year, there are approximately 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are current non-smokers.

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1. How smoking tobacco affects your cancer risk.

   Smoking causes about 20% of all cancers and about 30% of all cancer deaths in the United States.

   About 80% of lung cancers, as well as about 80% of all lung cancer deaths, are due to smoking. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in adults in the United States.

Smoking also increases the risk of lung cancer. 

1. Women

   Tobacco use can damage a woman’s reproductive health. For example, women who smoke are more likely to have trouble getting pregnant.

   Smoking while pregnant can also lead to health problems that can affect both the mother and baby. Women who smoke while pregnant have a higher risk of an ectopic pregnancy

   • (where the embryo implants outside the uterus), which can threaten the mother’s life.
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   • problems with the placenta, which is the organ that connects the mother to the fetus. The placenta might be in the wrong spot (placenta previa), or it might separate from the uterus too early (placental abruption). These problems might lead to serious bleeding, early delivery (premature birth), or other problems with the delivery, some of which might require an emergency Caesarean section (C-section).
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   • Premature births and low birth-weight babies
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   • Miscarriages and stillbirths
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   • Having a child with a cleft lip, a cleft palate, and possibly other birth defects

   Babies of mothers who smoke during and after pregnancy are also more likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

    

   

    

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2. Men

   Smoking can damage blood vessels anywhere in the body. Blood flow in the reproductive organs is a key part of male erections. Men who smoke have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction. This risk increases the more they smoke and the longer they smoke.

   Smoking can also affect sperm, which can reduce fertility and increase the risk of miscarriages and birth defects.

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Tobacco use is linked to other harmful behaviours in teens.

Research has shown that teen tobacco users are more likely to use alcohol and illegal drugs than non-users.

Teenagers who smoke are also more likely to get into fights, carry weapons, attempt suicide, suffer from mental health problems such as depression, and engage in other high-risk behaviors. This doesn’t necessarily mean that tobacco use caused these behaviors, but they’re more common in teens who use tobacco.

In addition, using e-cigarettes (also known as vaping) might play a part in a kid or teenager wanting to experiment with other tobacco products.

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