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          Smoking is addictive. Many people die from smoking each year and others contract smoking related illnesses. 

§       2/3 of smokers smoke their first cigarette within a half an hour of when they wake up

§       30% of all heart disease deaths are tied to smoking

§       40% of smokers who have had their larynxes removed start smoking again

§       6,000 teens younger than 18 years old try a cigarette each day

§       3,000 teens younger than 18 than become daily smokers

§       90% of smokers begin before they are 19 years old

§       Mental Health and Smoking:

o      50% of psychiatric outpatients smoke

o      90% of schizophrenic patients smoke

o      70% of manic-depressive patients smoke

o      90% of alcoholics smoke

 

 

 

Sources:

US Food and Drug Administration findings www.philipmorrisinternational.com/pages/eng/smoking/FDA.asp

Smoking Statistics http://unr.edu/homepage/shubinsk/whosmok1.html

U.S. Smoking Statistics www.quit-smoking.net/smokingstatistics.html

Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products www.drugabuse.gov/infofax/tobacco.html

Smoke Signals: And You http://web9.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+2+en%2dus+sid+2c