Smoking Facts

Below are some smoking facts that I believe are important for a person to know whether he smokes or not.

 If a smoker consumes more than 20 cigarettes a day, his risk of acquiring tuberculosis is increased by 2 to 4 times.

An estimated 87% of lung cancer cases in the United States are related to smoking.Smokers are 5 times more prone to suffer a heart attack.

Another fact is that smoking causes cancers of the oral cavity, esophageal cancer, and laryngealcancer.

Emphysema and chronic obstructive disease are common among smokers. These result from exposure to substances in smoke such as carbon monoxide and cyanide.

Even if you don't smoke, exposure to secondhand smoke increases your risk of acquiring heart disease by 25 to 30%. And lung cancer risk is increased by 20 to 30%.

A smoker trades 11 minutes of his life for every cigarette he consumes.

The risk of acquiring invasive pneumococcal disease is increased by 4 times among smokers.

Another smoking fact is the risk of infections like common colds, bronchitis, and other pulmonary and respiratory infections.


If a pregnant woman smokes, she is increasing the likelihood of a miscarriage.

Babies born by smoking mothers have increased risk of being low birth weight or small for gestational age. They may also suffer from developmental delays, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, impaired motor skills, cognitive impairment, short-term memory lapses, and many more.

Sudden infant death syndrome has been linked to secondhand smoking. This syndrome causes 430 infant deaths in the United States every year.

Every 6.5 seconds, a smoker or former smoker dies.

Smoking reduces your life expectancy by 2.5 to 10 years.

Smoking causes 58.8 million deaths worldwide. Smoking is now the second major cause of death in the world.

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