"STOP OR ELSE IT WILL STOP YOU"/WHAT IS CIGARETTE BAN??/FACTS ABOUT SMOKING CIGARETTE..

in #health6 years ago

WHAT IS CIGARETTE BAN?

Cigarette ban / smoking bans (or smoke_free laws) are public policies,including criminal laws and occupational safety health regulations that prohibit tobacco smoking in workplace and other public spaces.
Legislation may also define smokingvas move generally being the carrying or being posses of any lit tobacco product.

FACTS ABOUT SMOKING CIGARETTE

1: About 8.6 million people in the US have at least 1 serious illness that's caused by smoking.

2: Smoking is the cause of 1 in 5 deaths in the US annually.

3: About 1.69 billion pounds of butts end up as toxic trash each year,making cigarettes the most littered item on earth.

4: For every person that dies from a smoking_related disease,there are 20 more who suffer from at least 1 serious illness associated with smoking.

5: In 2012, 18.1 of Americans,18 and older,were current smokers.

6: A single cigarette contains over 4'800 chemicals,69 of which are known to cause cancer.Secondhand smoke contain over 7,000 chemicals,including 70,cancer_causing chemicals.

7: ln 2013, states will collect $25.7 billion from tobacco taxes and legal settlements but are spending less than 2 percent of the on tobacco control programms.

8: lnvesting 15 percent ($3.7 billion) of $25.7 billion it would fund every state tobacco control programs at CDC recommended levels.

9: Every year,there are approximately 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are current non-smokers.

10: Smoking increase your risk of getting lung disease like pneymonia emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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