10 Shocking Facts About Smoking

Most people have little knowledge about what smoking does to their bodies. If you’ve been looking for a reason to stop smoking or you’ve just stopped and need some motivation, have a look at these shocking facts about smoking.

1. Every cigarette you smoke shortens your lifespan by 11 minutes.

2. A single cigarette can reduce the blood supply to your skin for over an hour.

3. Over 80 cancer giving ingredients are present in a single cigarette.

4. Couples who smoke are more likely to have fertility problems than couples who are non-smokers.

5. Every eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco use somewhere in the world. That translates to approximately five million deaths a year.

6. Smoking causes an acid taste in the mouth and contributes to the development of ulcers.

7. Heavy smokers are twice as likely to get macular degeneration, resulting in the gradual loss of eyesight.

8. 90% of lung cancer cases in the world are due to smoking.

9. It is estimated that more than half of long term smokers will die to a tobacco related death.

10. Smoking raises blood pressure, one of the major causes for heart attacks and strokes.