Smoking Facts & Links

Courtesy of ASH – Action on Smoking and Health

• New Study: Smokers Under 40 5 Times More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks
• New Study: Smoking Is One of the Leading Causes of Most Heart Attacks Worldwide
• New Report: Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Leading Risks to Childrens' Health
• 50-Year Tobacco Study Shows Smokers Lose a Decade of Life
• Smoking May Raise Risk for Diabetes
• New Evidence that Smoking Causes Impotence, Miscarriages, and Infertility
• WHO Claims the Poor are the Biggest Victims of the Tobacco Industry
• Lung Cancer is Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths in US Women
• New Study Shows Quitting Smoking Will Save a Bundle of Money
• Study Shows Tobacco Kills Millions a Year
• One Cigarette Shortens Lifespan by 11 Min

And some good news:

• New Study: Ohio Town Shows Sharp Drop in Heart Attacks Following Smoking Ban
• Parents Who Quit Smoking Reduce Odds that Kids Will Smoke
• Nonsmokers Do It Better - Without Puffing
• No smoking day e-cards

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