SMOKING PSABy: James Riegleman, Drew Speth, Kelly Jungmann, and Chelsey Gehring

About four million people die worldwide each year as a result of smoking.

In the USA more than the number of people who would die every year in three jumbo jet crashes each day with no survivors die from the effects of smoking.

Smoking a pack of cigarettes each day costs about $1,500 per year -- enough money to buy a new computer or Xbox.

172,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year in the U.S. Over 160, 000 die.

3,000 people die in the U.S. each year from lung cancer due to secondhand smoke.

Smoking men are 27 times more likely to get lung cancer than men who don't smoke.

3,000 young people become regular smokers every day.

Side effects of nicotine replacement product may include headaches, nausea, and other gastrointestinal problems.

Maternal smoking has been linked to abnormal lung function in children; the defects persist throughout life.

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Source

http://www.infodaily.org/Topics/Quit-Smoking/Over-100-Frightening-Facts-About-Smoking.asp