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The Harmful Effects of Smoking

How does smoking harm you?
Your lungs can be very badly affected by smoking. Coughs, colds, wheezing, and asthma are just the start. Smoking can cause fatal diseases such as pneumonia, emphysema and lung cancer.
Statistics
Smoking causes 84% of deaths from lung cancer and 83% of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Cigarette smoking increases the risk for death from all causes in men and women.
Percentage teens smoking
Nearly 90 percent of adult smokers began smoking before age 18 and 11 percent of high school seniors reported smoking in the last month. Smokeless tobacco: Use of smokeless tobacco among adolescents is less common than cigarette smoking.
How can you promote non-smoking?
Taking notes. Write some of the important statistics and facts down on a notecard or piece of paper. You can talk to a healthcare professional. Or talk to another person who has quit.
I promise to never smoke in my life or use other tobacco products. I will commit to this forever and I will encourage other people to not do it either. 

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