Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, with more than 41,000 of these deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke (1). Globally, 1 person dies every 6 seconds from a tobacco-related disease (2).
Please take a moment to review these resources and extend a hand to anyone you know who may need encouragement to stop smoking once and for all.
Effects of Smoking on Your Health
http://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/health-effects/smoking-health/
Dangers of Smoking Quiz
https://media.heart.org/fc/quiz/index-3.html?xmlHash=5ce5a1cf6a8947ae76ef00761dbfa119
Smoking and Heart Attack Risk
https://www.nationalcprassociation.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/
Smoking and Cancer
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/healthyliving/smoking-and-cancer/smoking-and-cancer
Teens and Smoking
Quitting Smoking for Seniors: Is It Too Late?
http://blog.planprescriber.com/2014/07/02/quitting-smoking-seniors/
Smokefree.gov | Quit Plan
http://smokefree.gov/quit-plan
Quit Smoking Meter
http://www.calculators.org/health/quit-smoking.php
1) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/resources/data/cigarette-smoking-in-united-states.html