Statement 1:
True addiction to nicotine is a gradual process and occurs over approximately one year of smoking.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
Recent studies show on puff of one cigarette begins the addiction process. By the way, the maturing process in teenagers brains make them more susceptible to the addiction.
Statement 2:
Lung cancer is caused by increased production of a protein in your lungs by Nicotine.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
The cause of lung cancer has been traced to the damage and decrease of a PROTECTIVE protein in the lung tissue. Without this protein, the cells mutate and grow into cancer tumors.
Statement 3:
1 in 10 adults will die due to tobacco use this year.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
The number is double that …1 in 20 adults with die from tobacco addiction this year. That’s one million people just like you!
Statement 4:
Second hand smoke is safer than direct cigarette smoke.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
80% of nicotine and cancer causing agents are exhaled into the environment. Sitting in a room with a smoker or smokers is the same as smoking 3 cigarettes. ( And Yes…that can cause cancer and emphysema without ever touching cigarette!)
Statement 5:
40% of smokers who want to quit are able to quit
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
Despite all the touted quick stop smoking products and procedures only 7% of the smoker s are able to quit.( HINT: The Bahbits Quit Smoking Program has an 86% success rate because it teaches, educates and gives you the tools to quit.)
Statement 6:
2 % of teenagers who start smoking becoming addicted for a life time.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
WHAM- 40% of the kids who touch a cigarette are in for the ride of their lives. They get addicted to nicotine and stay hooked for life. (Was that you’re story?)
Statement 7:
The cost of one pack of cigarettes averaged over a lifetime is $7.50 per pack.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
The cost of cigarettes is…$40 per pack when considering lost work, lost health, increased cost of houses, cars, insurance and saving over a life time.
Statement 8:
The average smoker tries to quit at least 8 times in his lifetime.
FACT or FICTION?
FACT
Some try over 20 times, but the average in those who are successful is at least 8 times. The reason they keep trying is they don’t have the training and support they need to quit. That’s why we created our stop smoking program.
Statement 9:
Oxygen levels increase gradually when you stop smoking.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
The minute you stop smoking, your arteries begin to open up, your oxygen levels increase and the oxygen starts feeding your cell. (You’ll notice your nails are much pinker within a few days of stopping the nicotine.)
Statement 10:
The average smoker lives 80 years.
FACT or FICTION?
FICTION
The average life span of a non-smoker is 80 years, that’s 29,200 days on this earth. Smokers die approximately 12-14 years earlier usually from heart disease, emphysema, or cancer. ( Don’t that be you…you’re family needs you!)
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