“Four million people die from tobacco related diseases yearly.
This is equivalent to twenty-seven 747 airplanes full of passengers crashing every day.”
“Every eight seconds someone in the world dies from a tobacco-related disease.”
“The number of tobacco related deaths are estimated to increase to 10 million in 2030; 7 million deaths will occur in developing countries, including the African region.”
“Smokers and non-smokers are exposed to over 4,700 toxic substances in tobacco smoke and more than 50 of them are known human carcinogens, meaning cancer causing.”
~World Health Organization
Regional Office For Africa
Note: 4,700 toxic substances, that is an amazing smoking statistics to ponder. It is really almost daunting, and difficult to comprehend how our body is capable of handling this amount of toxicity. Makes a person think about the body’s abilities. Makes since if the body can handle this amount of abuse it must be pretty intelligent and capable of healing once a person stop’s their smoking habit
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