Dying For A Smoke?

An estimated 46.5 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes, regardless of its dangers. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death. Nearly 70% of the more than 46.5 million American adults who smoke cigarettes want to quit, but few are able to quit permanently. According to the American Lung Association, an estimated 442,398 Americans die each year from diseases directly related to smoking.

Smoking is responsible for heart disease and strokes that can leave you dead within seconds. If those facts do not scare you, there is always the possibility of emphysema or lung cancer, which will both, accomplish ultimately death - only these diseases are extremely slow and quite painful.

9 Deadly Facts

Tobacco companies make a narcotic, which kills 1,200 Americans every day.

4.9 million people die each year from tobacco products.

In 1990, a tobacco company put together a plan to stop coroners from listing tobacco as a cause of death on death certificates.

About 1 out of every 5 deaths in the US can be attributed to tobacco products.

In 2001, tobacco companies spent about $11 billion marketing their products. That's about $1.5 billion more than the year before.

Unlike food and drug companies, tobacco companies are not required to include a list of ingredients on their packaging.

Secondhand cigarette smoke kills about 53,000 Americans each year.

Tobacco kills more Americans than AIDS, drugs, homicides, fires, and auto accidents combined.

Cigarettes will eventually kill half of the people who use if used for many decades.

Laser therapy treatment works to stimulate the release of endorphins in a healthy way mimicking similar endorphin rush caused by nicotine. The laser helps to balance the body without harmful effects.