Every year 400,000 smokers die from smoke related diseases.
Smoking is the largest cause of otherwise preventable death in the United States.
However, the hazards of smoking are not limited to smokers. The dangers, which have been documented repeatedly in studies conducted by national and international health and scientific bodies, include coronary disease and lung cancer, as well as other forms of cancer. Passive or secondhand smoke in the air causes a variety of physical reactions, none of them pleasant. The most common reactions include watery, inflamed, and irritated eyes, irritated and swollen sinuses, headaches, and nausea. Burning tobacco releases 4,000 chemicals, including 200 known poisons, into the air.