Fast Facts Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on marketing cigarettes. Smoking costs the United States billions of dollars each year. States do not spend much of the money they […]
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Do you know what COPD stands for? I didn’t until my father-in-law died from this debilitating disease. COPD is the acronym for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and there is no known cure. The primary cause is smoking and he was a heavy smoker. From my memories, he had many of these symptoms by his early fifties: […]
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The five leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, and unintentional injuries. Together they accounted for 63 percent of all U.S. deaths in 2010, with rates for each cause varying greatly from state to state. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, analyzed premature deaths (before age […]
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Smoking is a serious danger to your health and others you love! I decided to devote an entire week of my wellness and health blogging to the hazards of smoking and the importance of quitting. CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Smoking The 2014 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health marked the 50th anniversary […]
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