African-Americans ranked second at 25.8 percent, followed by whites at 25.6 percent, Hispanics at 18.3 percent, and Asian and Pacific Islanders at 16.6 percent. Nearly 70 percent of the nation's 47 million smokers want to quit. 32.5 percent of people living below the poverty line smoke compared with 23.8 percent of those living above the poverty line. These diseases can stabilize or improve when people stop smoking. Within ten years, your chances of getting lung cancer drop to HALF of those of a person who keeps smoking.
Diabetics are much less likely to suffer serious effects like heart disease, blindness and stroke.