Tobacco Facts

Smoking causes breathing problems & heart disease.

Smokers have more colds and upper respiratory problems.

Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer.

There are 200 known poisons in cigarette smoke.

The poisons in cigarettes can affect your appearance by giving you yellow teeth, dry skin, wrinkles, and bad breath.

Cigarettes contain nicotine - a powerfully addictive substance.

Tobacco affects your body's development, which is important because your body is still growing and changing.

SMOKING IS the leading PREVENTABLE cause of death in the USA.  Over 400,000 Americans die from tobacco-related causes each year.  Most of them began using before the age of 18.

Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco) can cause mouth cancer, tooth loss, dehydration, and other health problems.

Smoking puts the health of your friends and family at risk because approximately 3,000 non smokers die of lung cancer each year from breathing other people's smoke (second hand smoke).

It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 in the United States.

Cigarette smoke contains Carbon Monoxide.