posted on Jan, 29 2013 @ 10:57 AM
I wonder how much that Doctor's kick back was to write that...
From the CDC's website
Tobacco use leads to disease and disability.
~Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, and lung diseases (including emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction).1
~For every person who dies from a smoking-related disease, 20 more people suffer with at least one serious illness from smoking.2
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death.
~Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths
annually by 2030.3
~In the United States, smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually (i.e., about 443,000 deaths per year, and an estimated 49,000 of
these smoking-related deaths are the result of secondhand smoke exposure).1
~On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.4