Did You Know

• Nicotine is actually more addictive than heroin (Surgeon General Coop 1988)
• Smoking kills more Americans each year than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined. (American Cancer Society)
• It is estimated that secondhand smoke causes 3,000 lung cancer deaths and more than 50,000 coronary heart disease deaths every year. (Surgeon General's 2006 Report)
• Babies and children raised in a household where there is smoking have more ear infections, colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems than children from non-smoking families. (Surgeon General's 2006 Report)
• Even 30 minutes of secondhand smoke exposure daily can cause heart damage similar to that of a habitual smoker.  (Surgeon General's 2006 Report)
• People who are exposed to daily secondhand smoke have a 30% higher death and disease rate than that of non-smokers.  (Surgeon General's 2006 Report)
• Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body, is linked to at least 15 different cancers, and accounts for some 30% of all cancer deaths. (American Cancer Society)

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