While this is certainly true, we feel you're entitled to a little more information to help you with your decision to smoke or not to smoke. Contrary to popular belief, the health benefits of quitting smoking are immediate, whether you've smoked for two months, two years, or 20 years. It's not too late to benefit from a positive health decision such as giving up the tobacco habit.
Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in America.
It is estimated that smoking is related to 434,000 premature deaths each year in the U.S.,and 2.5 million deaths worldwide. Smokers' risk of heart attack is more than twice that of non-smokers. This is the 4th biggest cancer killer in America, and cigarette mokers have 2 to 5 times the risk of dying of pancreatic cancer compared to non-smokers. Smokers have 7 to 10 times the risk of bladder cancer compared to non-smokers. The damage occurs over a period of time.