Don't take another
Puff!
Stop Smoking
NOW!!
You CAN quit smoking. Quitting smoking now has
immediate and long-term health benefits for you and your
loved ones. We can help you kick the habit with tips, advice
and programs.
If you smoke consider these facts:
· One out of every five deaths
is caused by tobacco
· An average of 400,000 Americans die each year from tobacco
· Tobacco is blamed for many serious pulmonary and cardiovascular
diseases
· Tobacco and nicotine are some of the most potent carcinogens and
are to blame for a majority of all cancers of the lung, trachea,
bronchus, larynx, and esophagus
· Tobacco use also produces cancers in the pancreas, kidney,
bladder, and cervix
· Impotency is sometimes to blame from addiction to nicotine
because of its ability to reduce blood flow
· Smoking is an important risk factor for respiratory illnesses,
causing 85,000 deaths per year from pulmonary diseases such as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia
· Children and adolescents who are active smokers will have
increasingly severe respiratory illness, as they grow older
· Smoking during pregnancy causes about 5-6% of prenatal deaths,
17-26% of low-birth-weight births, and 7-10% of pre-term
deliveries, and it increases the risk of miscarriage and fetal
growth retardation
· Cigarettes are responsible for about 25% of deaths from
residential fires, causing nearly 1,000 fire-related deaths and
3,300 injuries each year
So, are you ready to try and quit smoking now?
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