THE HARD FACTS ABOUT SMOKING

Tobacco is the second leading cause of death globally, causing nearly five million deaths annually .
Smoking will prematurely kill over 10 million people a year by 2010.
It is the only legal product that causes the death of half of its regular users .This means that out of 1.3billion smokers ,650 million will die prematurely.
Tobacco use is the cause of the majority of lung cancer cases and it has been linked to many other types of cancer, such as cervical and kidney cancer. Other health risks include heart attacks,strokes and other cardiovascular diseases , bronchitis , asthma and other respiratory diseases, as well as infertility.