Fatalities
 |
smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year. |
|
|
about half of all regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit. |
|
|
of the 300 people who die every day in the UK as a result of smoking, many are comparatively
young smokers. |
|
|
Research has shown that smoking reduces life expectancy by seven to eight years. |
|
|
tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when it
is used entirely as intended. |
Giving Up
|
|
about 12 million adults in Great Britain smoke cigarettes - 26% of men and 23% of
women. In 1974, 51% of men and 41% of women smoked cigarettes - nearly half the
adult population of Britain. |
|
|
now one quarter smoke but the decline in recent years has been heavily concentrated
in older groups: i.e, almost as many young people are taking up smoking but more
established smokers are quitting. |
|
|
people do give up - 20% of women and 28% of men are ex-smokers. surveys show that
about 70% of current smokers would like to give up altogether. |
|
Financial
|
|
smoking in public places will be banned on July 1st 2007 in the UK. |
|
|
smoking 20 a day will cost you £1800 a year |
Health
|
|
smokers take 25 per cent more sick days per year than non-smokers. |
|
|
cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. |
|
|
smokers have paler skin and more wrinkles. this is because smoking reduces the blood
supply to the skin and lowers levels of vitamin A. |
|
|
deaths caused by smoking are five times higher than the 22,833 deaths arising from:
road traffic accidents (3439)
other accidents (8,579)
poisoning and overdose (881)
alcoholic liver disease (5,121)
murder and manslaughter (513)
suicide (4,066)
and HIV infection (234)
in the UK in 2002
|
The Ban
|
|
smoking in public places will be banned on July 1st 2007 in the UK.
|
|