Addiction is never good, no matter if it is of a good thing or a dangerous thing. Smoking is addiction that is neither good nor beneficial. But still people smoke. They smoke because they want to relax or they want to forget. People smoke because its style and they smoke because they are addict to it. Smoking is dangerous for health and it’s called slow death. The bitter smoke of cigarette destroys lungs and a major cause of lungs cancer. This smoke destroys the kidneys and the blood gets impure. The dangerous gases intake kills the person before he can ever think of it.
1. Preventable
Smoking is preventable, but still thousands of people die because of it. It’s curable and it can be given up at once unlike other addictions, but even then it’s the most common form of addiction and tried very less to give up.
2. The Tobacco Population
Tobacco users are not just few millions but they are in billions now. Today there are 1.1 billion smokers and if this curse is not prevented, this number will exceed 1.6 billion figures.
3. China
China tops the chart in smokers and smoking. There are 30 million smokers in china who smoke 3 million cigarettes a min and this figure reaches to 1.7 trillion cigarettes a year.
4. Worldwide Stats
There are consumed around 10 million cigarettes a min. and around 15 billion are sold each day. This consumption and production goes to 5 trillion cigarettes per year.
5. The Filters
Smokers use filters to “purify” the smoke. These filters, if weighed make 2 billion pounds.
6. Waste
What is the waste of the smoke, ash, no but the filters with the toxic remains of the smoke. And these are found in trillions and people use them.
7. The Soft Cotton
If you think that cigarette filter is white cotton, then you should know that it is made of a plastic. This filter takes 18 months to 10 years to decompose. Since it’s not organic so it’s dangerous for our environment.
8. Nicotine
Nicotine content found in cigarette is only 8 to 10 milligrams, but in cigars, it can be 100 to 200 milligrams while in some cigars it can be found 400 milligrams.
9. The Nicotine Consumption
The nicotine is consumed only 2 to 3 milligrams per cigarette while the other is burned off. If the 8 to 10 milligram cigarettes are taken daily, it won’t take an adult to live long.
10. Radioactive Content
There are radioactive elements present in cigarettes. The polonium and lead are present in low levels of cigarette smoke.