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Smoking is a bad habbit of our human beings so see this to find how much can we save by stopping it..
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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..?