Smoking.

The Convenient Truth about…….

SM KING

There are

1.1 In the World Today.

Billion Smokers

and if the current trend continues…

That

num

ber is

exp

ecte

d to

incr

ease

to1.6BILLION

By the year 2025

CHINA is home to

300 millionsmokers

who consume approximately

1.7 trillionCigarettes a year

3 millionCigarettes a minute

or…

10 millionWorldwide

15 BILLIONAre sold each day

and upwards of

5 trillionare produced and usedon an annual basis

5 trillion cigarettesWeigh approximately

2BILLIONPOUNDS..!

and it is

480,538Bugatti Veyrons

25,000 semi trucks

2,500 747s,

Or 10 cargo ships…

Cigarette filtersmay look like

White cotton,

Cigarette filters are made of very thin fibers

of a plastic called

Cellulose acetate

A cigarette filterCan take between

18 months and 10 years

To decompose

A typical manufacturedCigarette contains

Approximately

8 or 9 milligrams of nicotine

Radioactive leadAnd polonium

Are both present in low levels in cigarette smoke

1 in 5 teens age 13 to 15

Smoke cigarettes…

Half of allLong-term smokers

Will die a tobacco-related death

Somewhere in the world, Every

eight seconds a human life is

lost due to this harmful habit

5 millionDeaths annually

So what do you think?

Are you ready to give your life

to a cigarette..?

Amila Dayarathne

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