Facts

DID YOU KNOW . . .

• Cigarette butts are the #1 cause of litter in the world
• Cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, 69+ of which cause cancer
• 1,200 people die a day from tobacco-use in the United States
• 3,000 kids under the age of 18 become smokers every day
• Tobacco-use kills someone in world every 8 seconds
• Sugar and cocoa are often added to cigarettes (a fact for diabetic smokers)
• Urea, a chemical compound in urine, is added to cigarettes for extra flavor
• A cigarette filter can take 18 months to 10 years to decompose
• Secondhand smoke causes over 3,000 deaths from lung cancer in nonsmokers
• Smoking kills an estimated 180,000 women in the United States each year
• 10 million cigarettes are purchased every minute
• Worldwide, one in five teens age 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes
• Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death
• Every cigarette smoked cuts at least 5 minutes of life on average
• The two men in the popular Marlboro Man advertisements died of lung cancer
• Worldwide, smoking kills 5 million people a year
• Secondhand smoke contains a higher concentration of toxins than first hand
• Nicotine reaches the brain within 10 seconds and is found in all body parts
• Marlboro, Camel and Newport are the three most heavily advertised brands
• Tobacco kills up to half of the users
• Over 40% of children have at least one smoking parent
• 70% of smokers report wanting to quit