I have listed below some intersting facts that give us some insight into the cigarette industry. I dont want to scare you but I feel you need to know all the facts about each cigarette you inhale. It puts a greater perspective on things and prepares you to get into the correct frame of mind!!
1) There are 1.1 billion smokers in the world today, and if current trends continue, that number is expected to increase to 1.6 billion by the year 2025.
2) There are 300 million smokers in China who consume approximately 1.7 trillion cigarettes a year, or 3 million cigarettes a minute.
3)10 million cigarettes are purchased a minute, Worldwide, 15 billion are sold each day, and upwards of 5 trillion are produced and used on an annual basis.
4)Trillions of filters, filled with toxic chemicals from tobacco smoke, make their way into our environment as discarded waste yearly.
5) A cigarette filter can take between 18 months and 10 years to decompose,as they are made from very thin fibers of a plastic called cellulose acetate.
6) There is enough nicotine in four or five cigarettes to kill an average adult if ingested whole. Most smokers take in only one or two milligrams of nicotine per cigarette however, with the remainder being burned off.
7) Benzene is a known cause of acute myeloid leukemia, and cigarette smoke is a major source of benzene exposure. Among U.S. smokers, 90 percent of benzene exposures come from cigarettes.
2) There are 300 million smokers in China who consume approximately 1.7 trillion cigarettes a year, or 3 million cigarettes a minute.
3)10 million cigarettes are purchased a minute, Worldwide, 15 billion are sold each day, and upwards of 5 trillion are produced and used on an annual basis.
4)Trillions of filters, filled with toxic chemicals from tobacco smoke, make their way into our environment as discarded waste yearly.
5) A cigarette filter can take between 18 months and 10 years to decompose,as they are made from very thin fibers of a plastic called cellulose acetate.
6) There is enough nicotine in four or five cigarettes to kill an average adult if ingested whole. Most smokers take in only one or two milligrams of nicotine per cigarette however, with the remainder being burned off.
7) Benzene is a known cause of acute myeloid leukemia, and cigarette smoke is a major source of benzene exposure. Among U.S. smokers, 90 percent of benzene exposures come from cigarettes.
8) Radioactive lead and polonium are both present in low levels in cigarette smoke.
9) Secondhand smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing chemical compounds, 11 of which are known to be Group 1 carcinogens.
10) Kids are still picking up smoking at the alarming rate of 3,000 a day in the U.S., and 80,000 to 100,000 a day worldwide.
11) Worldwide, one in five teens age 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes.
12) Every eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco use somewhere in the world. That translates to approximately 5 million deaths annually.
13) Tobacco use is expected to claim one billion lives this century unless serious anti-smoking efforts are made on a global level.
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