“Four million people die from tobacco-related diseases yearly.  This is equivalent to twenty-seven 747 airplanes full of passengers crashing every day.”

“Every eight seconds someone in the world dies from a tobacco-related disease.”

* Source: World Health Organization (WHO)

“The number of tobacco-related deaths are estimated to increase to 10 million in 2030; 7 million deaths will occur in developing countries, including the African region.”

“Smokers and non-smokers are exposed to over 4,700 toxic substances in tobacco smoke and more than 50 of them are known human carcinogens, meaning cancer causing.”

* Source: World Lung Foundation

Formaldehyde is known as a human carcinogen (cancer causing substance) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and as a human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Formaldehyde is also found in embalming fluids used to preserve bodies and lab specimens.  That frog in the jar at school is floating in formaldehyde.

The tobacco industry uses formaldehyde in order to preserve tobacco moisture.  Yummy.”

“One thing that we humans do very well is to defend ourselves psychologically, and our most potent weapon is denial. But when confronted with a terminal disease, denial flies out of the window. We have to find another defense.”

Smoking is detrimental for Fibromyalgia patients for several reasons. Smoking reduces blood-oxygen content and impairs the already compromised muscle oxygenation further. Nicotine is a potent muscle contractor and causes aggravation of muscle tension and spasm, leading to increased pain. Nicotine is also a stimulant and increases the mental tension, which in turn intensifies pre-existing muscular tension.

~Cabell Huntington Hospital