Do You Know?!

• Nicotine is usually used as an insecticide.
• A smoker is likely to die six times faster from different related mouth cancers.
• The most common places where oral cancer forms are on the tongue, gums and floor of the mouth.
• Nicotine has similar effect on the body as other illegal drugs, activating the brain's reward system by setting off addictive substances. There are also some studies which have suggested that nicotine may even be more addictive than other illegal drugs!!!
• Men who smoke cigarettes are most likely to have erectile dysfunction, as a smoker's risk of having erectile dysfunction is 16% higher than a non-smoker if one smokes less than 10 cigarettes a day. If one smokes between 11-20 cigarettes a day, one has a 36% higher risk in erectile problems. For men smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day, they have 60% risk of erectile dysfunction!!!
• 5,000 foetuses die yearly during pregnancy due to smoking. Smoking during pregnancy also increases the risk of producing small underweight babies prone to allergies, brain damage and risking intellectual impairment!!!
• There are over 4,000 chemical compounds in cigarette smoke and more than 40 of them are known to cause cancer. When a smoker in hales the cigarette, the lungs retain more than 70% on the tar and nicotine that they inhale!!!