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SOME STATISTICS ON YOUNG PEOPLE SMOKING IN AMERICA:
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Smoking is the NUMBER ONE PREVENTABLE cause of death in the NATION.
Short-term effects of smoking are: bad breath, stained teeth, shortness of breath, smelly clothes, smelly hair, rapid heart rate, reduced circulation, coldhands/feet, increased coughing, increased wheezing, allergy flare-ups, more colds/flu/pneumonia, and decreased sense of taste and smell.
3,000 American teenagers become regular smokers daily, over 1 MILLION ANNUALLY! (CDC report, 1990)
Smoking cigarettes can cause premature facial wrinkles and impotence.
Nationally, 3,279,000 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 smoke an average of 16 cigarettes per day. (CHC)
60% of all tobacco using young people begin by the age of 14; more that 90% start before the age of 21! (ANA, 1990)
Average age for the first use of cigarettes is 13! (JAMA, 5/23/90 &5/30/90)
Tobacco smoke contains approximately 4,000 chemicals, 43 of which are CARCINOGENIC (cancerous). (Surgeon General's Report, 1989)
Cigarettes, spit tobacco, beer and wine coolers are the substances most available to youth for experimentation.
Kids whose friends smoke are more likely to start.
Children of parents who smoke are more likely to smoke themselves.
One out of six teenagers are smokers.
Cigarette sales to YOUTHS UNDER THE AGE 18 is 947 million packs with a revenue of "$1.23 BILLION"! (JAMA, 5/23/90 & 5/30/90)
Dr Freud had 33 operations for cancer of the jaw and oral cavity which he endured the last sixteen years of his life. He died of cancer.
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