Time is Ticking!
Breathe Easy, Quit Smoking.
Once You Start, It's Hard to Stop:
Statistics show that about 9 out of 10 tobacco users start before they're 18 years old. Most adults who started smoking in their teens never expected to become addicted.
That's why people say it's just so much easier to not start smoking at all.
Smokers Lung
- Emphysema, a condition in which the walls between the air sacs in your lungs lose their ability to stretch and shrink back. Your lung tissue is destroyed, making it difficult or impossible to breathe.
Smoking Costs More than Just Your Health
By lighting 20 cigarettes each day, individuals end up smoking 7,300 cigarettes yearly. Even by choosing low cost brands, they are still investing more than $2,000 yearly.
A Smoker's Mindset
Get the Facts:
2. Smoking is the cause of 1 in every 5 deaths in the U.S.
3. A single cigarette contains over 4,800 chemicals; 69 of which are known to cause cancer.
4. Approximately 18% of high school students smoke cigarettes.
5. Each day, more than 3,600 people under the age of 18 smoke their first cigarette, and more than 900 begin smoking on a daily basis.
Are You Ready to Breathe?
To find help in your specific state please call: 1-800-quit-now.