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Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture of chemicals that includes nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. When you smoke, these and other chemicals are inhaled into your lungs.
Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including 69 known cancer-causing agents.
Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing agents.
Harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause cancer, heart disease, and other serious illnesses.
Chemicals in tobacco smoke can harm nearly every organ in your body.
Chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, and bladder.
Chemicals in tobacco smoke can also cause heart disease, stroke, and lung disease.
Secondhand smoke is also harmful.
Secondhand smoke contains the same harmful chemicals as direct smoke.
Secondhand smoke can cause cancer, heart disease, and other serious illnesses in adults and children.
Babies and young children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at greater risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and more severe asthma.
There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.
Quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health.
Nicotine is the addictive chemical in tobacco smoke.
When you stop smoking, your body goes through withdrawal.
Withdrawal symptoms can include cravings, anxiety, irritability, headaches, and difficulty concentrating.
It can take several attempts to quit smoking for good.
There are many ways to quit smoking, including counseling, medication, and support groups.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
Every year, smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans.
Smoking is responsible for one in five deaths in the United States.
Smoking causes more than $300 billion in health care costs and lost productivity each year in the United States.
Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture of more than 7,000 chemicals.
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