According to a report by World Health Organization there are 1.3 billion smokers in the world till date and this number is expected to rise to a 1.6 billion by 2025. It is globally established fact that smoking is a health hazard having potential carcinogenic impacts (11 chemicals in tobacco are classifies as group I carcinogens) on the body of not just the smoker but the ones that inhale the smoke. 8 million people each year die of smoking. If this isn’t enough, there are certain astonishing facts that you need to know about how smoking is deleterious:
- Smoking causes pre-mature graying of hair.
- Smoking accounts for 1 death in every 5 seconds. Total number of deaths caused by AIDS, malaria, drugs and homicides combined amount less than the deaths caused by smoking.
- On average, smoking cuts the life expectancy by 13 years. A pack a day smoked straight for year can cut the life expectancy by 55 days.
- The amount of nicotine in five whole cigarettes is enough to kill a person if ingested as a whole.
- Studies suggest that smokers are at 40% higher risk of developing diabetes type II as compared to the non-smokers.
- A pack of cigarettes a day could cause loss of two teeth in a decade.
- Smoking leads to age related macular degeneration, which is the leading case of blindness world wide.
- Smoking causes erectile dysfunction and ectopic pregnancy.
- Smoking reduces the bone density and therefore increases the chances of bone fractures
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