SMOKING CAUSES MANY DISEASES

SMOKING CAUSES MANY DISEASES What will lead you to finally make the decision to stop smoking? Will it be the financial cost (the Federal tax is now $1. 01 per pack, not to mention your State tax)? Or will it be the stigma of your being a smoker (All smokers... More

SMOKING CAUSES MANY DISEASES What will lead you to finally make the decision to stop smoking? Will it be the financial cost (the Federal tax is now $1. 01 per pack, not to mention your State tax)? Or will it be the stigma of your being a smoker (All smokers must stand 20 feet from this building!)? But your health and the health of those you love who breathe your secondhand smoke is the best reason for you to stop smoking. You want to live a long, healthy life, don’t you? Everyone knows that lung cancer is the number one cancer among smokers, attributable for 87% of deaths from this hard-to-treat disease. If you’re a smoker who needs a new set of lungs, you’ll be way down on the transplant list. Smoking is the cause of 30% of all cancer deaths and it kills both men and women. Since the ‘80s, cancers of the mouth, larynx, throat, esophagus and bladder have been commonly found in smokers. Since that time, doctors have discovered that acute myeloid leukemia can also be caused by smoki Less