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Are you sure you want to smoke?
There are more than 4,000 chemical compounds in cigarettes, at least 50 are known to cause cancer. Every year, tobacco kills around 5.4 million people. 37,000 of them are from Canada, and out of those, 6,000 are from British Columbia. More than 1,000 non-smokers will die this year in Canada due to second-hand smoking.
Every 6.5 seconds a current or former smoker dies
Smoking can be harder to quit than heroin or cocaine.
Carbon monoxide in cigarettes reduces up to 12% the amount of oxygen normally carried by red blood cells. Smoking also raises blood pressure 10 to 15 percent, increasing the risk of stroke.
Of every 10 people who try smoking, eight get hooked
