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In the United States, an estimated 25.9 million men (23.9 percent) and 20.7 million women (18.1 percent) are smokers. These people are at higher risk of heart attack and stroke. The latest estimates for persons age 18 and older show...* -Among non-Hispanic whites, 24.0 percent of men and 20.0 percent of women smoke (2004). -Among non-Hispanic blacks, 26.7 percent of men and 17.3 percent of women smoke. -Among Hispanics, 21.1 percent of men and 11.1 percent of women smoke. -Among Asians (only), 20.6 percent of men and 6.1 percent of women smoke.
-Among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 37.5 percent of men and 26.8 percent of women smoke. -Studies show that smoking prevalence is higher among those who had earned a GED diploma (43.2 percent) and among those with 9–11 years of education (32.6 percent) compared with those with more than 16 years of education (7.1 percent). It's highest among persons living below the poverty level (29.9 percent).
-Each day, nearly 6,000 children under 18 years of age start smoking; of these, nearly 2,000 will become regular smokers. That is almost 800,000 annually. -It is estimated that at least 4.5 million U.S. adolescents are cigarette smokers.
-Approximately 90 percent of smokers begin smoking before the age of 21. -If current tobacco use patterns persist, an estimated 6.4 million children will die prematurely from a smoking-related disease. -According to a 2001 national survey of high school students, the overall prevalence of current cigarette use was 28 percent. -Nearly 20 percent of 12th graders, 12 percent of 10th graders and 5.5 percent of 8th graders smoke cigarettes daily. -Adolescents who smoke regularly can have just as hard a time quitting as long-time smokers.
-Of adolescents who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, most of them report that they would like to quit, but are not able to do so. -Cigarette advertisements tend to emphasize youthful vigor, sexual attraction and independence themes, which appeal to teenagers and young adults struggling with these issues. -Tobacco use in adolescence is associated with a range of health-compromising behaviors, including being involved in fights, carrying weapons, engaging in high-risk sexual behavior and using alcohol and other drugs.
-Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking. -One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age. -Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers. -The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels. -This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated.
-Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year. -Changing to low-tar cigarettes does not help because smokers usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for longer, dragging the tar deeper into their lungs. -Carbon monoxide robs your muscles, brain and body tissue of oxygen, making your whole body and especially your heart work harder. Over time, your airways swell up and let less air into your lungs.
-Smoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain put on your body by smoking often causes years of suffering. Emphysema is an illness that slowly rots your lungs. People with emphysema often get bronchitis again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure. -Lung cancer from smoking is caused by the tar in tobacco smoke. Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers. -Heart disease and strokes are also more common among smokers than non-smokers. -Smoking causes fat deposits to narrow and block blood vessels which leads to heart attack. -Smoking causes around one in five deaths from heart disease.
-In younger people, three out of four deaths from heart disease are due to smoking.
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