What’s It to Me?
Not Cool

Many people today think that smoking is not cool, because of all the bad side effects. Last year the amount of people that died from smoking is equivalent to 2 sold out professional football fields. Smoking stinks and can not only hurt you, but the people around you. Second hand smoke has caused the death of 53,000 people in the past.

Reasons to smoke and not smoke

Why to smoke: to be cool peer pressure rebel curious sexy

Why not to smoke: Its expensive Bad breath Nasty Causes cancer Hurts lungs Yellow teeth Causes coughing Makes you stink Causes secondhand smoke

Get the FACTS about smoking:

Fact: 90% adults started smoking when they were in High School.

Fact: More people have died from smoking related illness then alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroine, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire, and aids put together.

Fact: 3,000 teens become a smoker each day.

Fact: One in 3 smokers will die from smoking.

Fact: Half a million people die each year from smoking related illness, cancer, heart attack.

Fact: 24% of adults in the US smoke & 70% in Korea.

Fact: More people have died from smoking related illness than WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam put together.

 

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