Smoking facts
Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Yet every single day around 450 young people, in the UK, between the ages 12 and 17 start smoking. Crazy huh? especially when you read these statistics:- Smoking just 3 to 6 cigarettes a day doubles your chance of having a heart attack.
- Smokers are more than twice as likely to have a fatal heart attack than non-smokers.
- Each year 114,000 smokers die in the UK as a result of smoking.
- One in five people die from smoking in GB.
- About half of all regular smokers will be killed by their habit.
So what is actually in a cigarette?
Nicotine
Nicotine is highly addictive to anyone. If you're addicted to something, it's very hard to stop doing it, even if you want to. That's why so many adults have a hard time quitting smoking.. It speeds up heart rate and increases blood pressure and causes a tingly or good feeling - but that feeling only lasts for a little while.Carbon Monoxide
The poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke and also the stuff which comes out of car exhaust pipes.(urgh!). It makes breathing more difficult and makes our heart have to work harder which can cause coronary heart disease and circulation problems. It also deprives the body of oxygen, which makes the blood sticky and can cause problems with the growth, repair and keeping a healthy body.Bizarre chemicals present on tabacco smoke
- 69 distinct cancer-causing chemicals.
- Formaldehyde: used for pickling things in jars. read more
