Health/Addiction: Stuff You Should Know

Stuff you should know to avoid, and the signs of the bad habits/addiction nowadays.

Nicotine
Smoking resulted in 4.9 million deaths in 2000. That number is expected to rise to 8.9 million by 2020. - (Action on Smoking and Heath, Australia 2003; WHO 2002)

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including ammonia (floor/toilet cleaner), arsenic (rat poison), formaldehyde (body tissue preserver), hydrogen cyanide (gas chamber poison). - (Surgeon General's Report, US Government 1989)

"A cigarette is the only consumer product that when used as directed kills it consumers." - (Dr. G.H Brundtland, Director - General Emeritus, WHO 2005)

Tobacco and puberty form a vicious link. Tobacco tends to be consumed more by the poor. In turn, it contributes to poverty through loss of income and loss of productivity due to ill-health and premature death." - (Dr. S. Pilanbangchung - Regional Director, WHO - SEAR 2005) read more...