Today, smoking becomes a big problem. It has been figured that from three youngest at least one smoke alongwith1 billion people smoking in the world. Most of these smokers live in countries on the low end to the middle of the socioeconomic spectrum. And these smokers about 80% are living in low and middle-income countries. The number of smokers is rising day by day and is assumed to be increased per year.
The tobacco is getting popularity and it is changing the historical era, social class and culture. Earlier, the rich smoke for past time. As such, today, it has been changed. Now-a-days, in wealthy countries, rich people are smoking less in current times.
• The person who used to smoke dies on average 16 years younger than non-smokers because of smoking which causes cancer and stroke.
• The smokers waste their money on buying the cigarettes and it’s around $3,000 a year. If the total is made for next 20 years then it result $60,000 wastage of money.
• If you wish to give up smoking then it will take short time for your body to recover. As you give up smoking then you will see the improvement in the functions of internal organs of the body within 3 months. And the possibility of heart attack drops and lungs becomes healthier.
• Due to the second hand smoke, your child has to suffer from more nose, chest and ear infections. The risk of the disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be increased.
• Keep on searching jobs will be challenging. The smokers are missing work because of that illness employers are wary of hiring smokers.
• Smoking also influences upon the romantic relationships. As such who will go with the person who is having bad breath and stained teeth?
The following statistics has been uncovered by the World Health Organization who has been studying smoking trends and statistical patterns across the globe:
1) The high rate of smoking is in Eastern Europe with up to 59% of adult males smoking. As such, most of the women smoke in Eastern Europe rather than in the Pacific Region and East Asia.
2) Most of the persons start smoking even before 25 years of their age. It has been proved worldwide that at a younger age, people start to smoke. The World Health Organization studies stated that the most of the smokers in different countries start smoking in their teen age.
Smoking in the US
Americans cannot compare to the rest of the world when we talk about smoking? Americans cannot be better than anyone else. According to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
3) It is figured out that 25.6 million men (25.2%) and 22.6 million women (20.7%) are smokers in the US. As such, these people will be facing a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. The latest estimates for smokers’ aged 18 and above:
4) It has been proved that the popularity of smoking is much higher among people with 9-11 years of education (35.4%) as contrasted with the people more than 16 years of education (11.6%).
5) There seems to be a connection in between a level of education, income and the number of people and country’s standard of living who have give up smoking. The better-informed people are likely to give up smoking.
6) The persons who come below the poverty level (33.3%) are much likely to start smoking.
7) 25.1% of men and 21.7% of women smoke, among whites.
27.6% of men and 18% of women smoke, among black or African Americans.
9) 21.3% of men and 6.9% of women smoke, among Asians.
10) 23.2% of men and 12.5% of women smoke, in between Hispanics/Latinos.
11) 32% of men and 36.9% of women smoke, in between American Indians/Alaska Natives.
12) One out of five deaths caused due to tobacco
13) The responsible for 400,000 deaths is the tobacco in the US every single year.
14) It is the responsible of Cigarettes for about 25% of deaths from 3,300 injuries, residential fires and causing nearly 1,000 fire-related deaths and each year.
15) Tobacco is responsible for many serious diseases like cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases
16) the most potent carcinogens are Nicotine and tobacco which are responsible for the major disease -cancers of the trachea, lung, bronchus larynx, and esophagus.
17) The smoking causes cancer in the kidney, pancreas, cervix and the bladder.
18) The smoking reduces blood flow and the addiction of nicotine cause impotency.
19) The person who smokes will be having the high risk of respiratory illnesses. It leads to other pulmonary diseases and these are pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and these are responsible for 85,000 a year.
20) The adolescents and children, the active smokers will be having serious respiratory illness.
21) The smoking while pregnancy enhances the risk of miscarriage and fetal growth retardation. As such it causes about 17-26% of low-birth-weight births, 7-10% of pre-term deliveries and 5-6% of prenatal deaths.
After knowing all the facts about the smoking, you should really start thinking to give up smoking. As such, it is really harmful for you and will spoil your life.