Cigarettes are the #1 CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH IN THE U.S., killing more people each year than AIDS, ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, CAR ACCIDENTS, HOMICIDES, SUICIDES and FIRES COMBINED!

One in every three smokers DIES from a smoking related disease such as CANCER, HEART DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA, BLOOD CLOT, HEART ATTACK or STROKE. The Centers For Disease Control reports that 24.7% of all adults in the U.S. are smokers, therefore, 8.2% or one in every twelve of your loved ones is a smoker who is headed for a tragically premature and AVOIDABLE DEATH!

• Cigarettes are the ONLY PRODUCT LEGALLY SOLD THAT KILLS ONE IN EVERY THREE OF ITS CUSTOMERS!

• Every cigarette you smoke REDUCES YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY by seven minutes or two hours and twenty minutes for each pack you smoke!

• Smokers DIE AN AVERAGE OF 14 YEARS EARLIER than non-smokers!

• Men who smoke increase the risk of developing IMPOTENCY by 50% while compounding other risk factors for ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.

• Second hand smoke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. killing over 53,000 people per year.

• Over 30,000 CHILDREN develop ASTHMA each year due to second hand smoke!

• Smokers spend an extra $25,000.00 during their lifetime on smoking related medical expenses.

• Smokers waste about $2000. per year on cigarettes!

• Smoking cigarettes deposits THOUSANDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS & POISONOUS GASES in your body. Many of these toxins are so LETHAL, they are actually ILLEGAL to discard at a garbage dump! They include: CARBON MONOXIDE, ARSENIC, CYANIDE, FORMALDEHYDE, BENZENE, AMMONIA and RADIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS to name a few. Some of these TOXIC CHEMICALS are the same chemicals found in: Paint Stripper, Toilet Cleaner, Lighter Fluid, Mothballs, the POISON USED IN GAS CHAMBERS, and Rocket Fuel!

• One in every four structural FIRES (buildings) are caused by CIGARETTES claiming THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT LIVES EACH YEAR WHILE CAUSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY LOSS AND DESTRUCTION!

• The American Cancer Society states: “Smoking is expensive. The economic costs of smoking are estimated to be about $3,391. per smoker per year.”

The cost of cigarettes is only a part of this $3,391. annual cost to smokers. Other expenses include additional cleaning expenses for clothes, hair, breath, car, furniture and home, higher medical and insurance costs, lost wages due to absenteeism from illness due to a weakened immune system caused by smoking and burn damage to clothes, carpets, furniture and car seats.

Long term, smokers lose thousands of dollars on the resale value of their cars and homes. They earn less and receive less from their pension and Social Security benefits due to early death.

These are just a few of the many expenses that contribute to the $3391. annual cost of smoking. That is an average of $283. per month that smokers waste in smoking related expenses.

At current cigarette prices, a pack-a-day smoker who quits smoking at the age of 40 and puts the savings into a 401(k) earning 9% a year would have an extra $250,000. by age 70.

More and more businesses now recognize the costs and risks associated with smoking employees. As a result, a rapidly growing trend among Corporate America is to refuse to hire smokers. Other companies are giving their smoking employees an ultimatum. “Quit smoking or you’re FIRED!”

• Smoking is much more deadly for women than men. Women are twice as likely to die from a smoking related disease.

• Women get sicker, faster than men as a result of smoking.|

• In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the number one cause of cancer deaths among women. Today, Breast Cancer kills 40,000 women per year in the U.S. while Lung Cancer kills 67,000.

• Between 1960 and 1990, the death rate from lung cancer among women increased by more than 400%, and the rate is continuing to increase.

• One third of all Breast Cancer deaths are caused by smoking because cancer-causing chemicals accumulate in fatty tissue.

• 90% of women with lung cancer die within five years of diagnoses.

• Smoking women have TRIPLE the rate of heart disease.

• Women who smoke begin MENOPAUSE an average of five years earlier.

• Smoking women age, wrinkle much faster and look older than nonsmokers.

• Women have a tougher time quitting than men. Researchers are trying to find out why.

• Less than 2% of the millions of women who try quitting each year are successful.

• Women who smoke while taking oral contraceptives dramatically increase the risk of complications and health risks including heart attack, blood clots and stroke.

• Smoking has a damaging effect on women's reproductive health and is associated with reduced fertility.

• Women who smoke during pregnancy subject themselves and their developing fetus and newborn to special risks, including pregnancy complications, premature birth, low-birth weight infants, stillbirth, and infant mortality.

• Second hand smoke is the #1 CAUSE OF SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome!

• Smoking prevents as much as 25 percent of oxygen from reaching the placenta.

• Smoking is a leading cause of birth defects including mental retardation.

• Smoking accounts for 10% of all infant deaths.

• Mothers who smoke and breastfeed their babies pass nicotine to their children through breast milk.

• Over 600,000 INFANTS are hospitalized each year due to second hand smoke!

• Over 30,000 CHILDREN develop ASTHMA each year due to second hand smoke. The odds of developing asthma are twice as high among children whose mothers smoke at least 10 cigarettes a day. Between 400,000 and 1 million asthmatic children have their condition worsened by exposure to secondhand smoke.

• For every dollar invested in smoking cessation for pregnant women, about $6 is saved in neonatal intensive care costs and long-term care associated with low-birth weight deliveries.

• The health benefits of quitting smoking far outweigh any risks from weight gain caused by quitting smoking. Research shows that the average weight gain after quitting smoking is only five pounds and it can be controlled through diet and exercise.

• Cigarettes are the ONLY PRODUCT LEGALLY SOLD THAT KILLS ONE IN EVERY THREE OF ITS CUSTOMERS!

• Second hand smoke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. killing over 53,000 people per year.

• Every cigarette you smoke REDUCES YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY by seven minutes or two hours and twenty minutes for each pack you smoke!

• Smokers DIE AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN YEARS EARLIER than non-smokers!

• One in every four structural FIRES (buildings) is caused by CIGARETTES claiming THOUSANDS of innocent lives each year while causing BILLIONS of dollars in damage!

• Smoking deposits THOUSANDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS & POISONOUS GASES in your body. Many of these toxins are so LETHAL; they are actually ILLEGAL to discard at a garbage dump! They include: CARBON MONOXIDE, ARSENIC, CYANIDE, FORMALDEHYDE, BENZENE, AMMONIA and RADIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS to name a few. Some of these TOXIC CHEMICALS are the same chemicals found in: Paint Stripper, Toilet Cleaner, Lighter Fluid, Mothballs, the POISON USED IN GAS CHAMBERS, and Rocket Fuel!

DISEASE PREVENTION IS FAR
LESS COSTLY THAN TREATMENT!