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When Did We Know About The Effects Of Cigarette Smoking

It seems a day doesn't go by that we don'tresolutions, good manners, good memories,
hear or see something about cigarette smokinggood faculties, and often honesty and
and the tobacco companies being blamed fortruthfulness  as  well.
the destructive effects of cigarette smoking
on our health, is it a bad rap put on theCases of epilepsy, insanity and death are
tobacco companies, or a way for the states tofrequently reported as the result of smoking
collect more taxes. If you haven't heard thecigarettes, while such physicians as Dr.
states our increasing the tax on cigarettes,Lewis Sayre, Dr. Hammond, and Sir Morell
on January 1st Texas increased the tax by aMackenzie of England, name heart trouble,
$1.00 a pack to $1.41, New Jersey levies ablindness, cancer and other diseases as
nation-high  $2.58  state  tax  per  pack.occasioned  by  it.
Bangor Maine bans smoking in cars carryingLeading physicians of America unanimously
children which went in to effect on Jan.19,condemn cigarette smoking as one of the
it allows the police to stop cars if an adultvilest and most destructive evils that ever
is smoking while a child under 18 is abefell the youth of any country, declaring
passenger. The smoker can be fined $50. Mostthat its direct tendency is a deterioration
large companies now have smoke free workplaceof  the  race.
policies.
Look at the pale, wilted complexion of a boy
So when did we become aware that cigarettewho indulges in excessive cigarette smoking.
smoking was bad for us? It would seem to beIt takes no physician to diagnose his case,
on January 11, 1964, when Surgeon Generaland death will surely mark for his own every
Luther Terry issued a landmark concluding,boy and young man who will follow up the
for the first time, that smoking is a directhabit. It is no longer a matter of guess. It
cause of lung cancer, heart disease, andis a scientific fact which the microscope in
emphysema. In 1964, 50-percent of adult malesevery  case  verifies.
and 46-percent of all Americans smoked
cigarettes.He also goes on to list the cost of smoking
and I was surprised that one cigarette cost
Then on May 27, 2004 the U.S. Surgeon Generalbetween 5 and 10 cents each, that's one to
Richard H. Carmona released a newtwo dollars a pack which was a lot of money
comprehensive report on smoking and health,then.
revealing for the first time that smoking
causes diseases in nearly every organ of theIf the physicians new in 1892 the destructive
body. Published 40 years after the surgeoneffects of cigarette smoking why has it taken
general's first report on smoking, whichover 115 years to inform us that the tobacco
concluded that smoking was a definite causecompanies have been poisoning us and we need
of three serious diseases, this newest reportto quit smoking, could it be the tobacco
finds that cigarette smoking is conclusivelycompanies lobbing efforts, who knows, but now
linked to diseases such as leukemia,that we are aware and the tobacco companies
cataracts, pneumonia and cancers of theno were aware, they won't be up to any more
cervix,kidney,  pancreas  and  stomach.tricks to keep us hooked, they even put links
on their web sites to stop smoking sites to
"We've known for decades that smoking is badhelp  us  quit  smoking.
for your health, but this report shows that
it's even worse than we knew," Dr. CarmonaGuess what if you believe that you under
said. "The toxins from cigarette smoke goestimate the power of greed, the following is
everywhere the blood flows. I'm hoping thistaken from Massachusetts Department of Public
new information will help motivate people toHealth they are one of only 3 states that
quit smoking and convince young people not torequire tobacco companies to submit reports
start  in  the  first  place."and what they found is, that from 1998 to
2004 the amount of nicotine in a cigarette
Statistics indicate that more than 12 millionhas increased steadily, the study showed that
Americans have died from smoking since theregardless of brand that the amount of
1964 report of the surgeon general, andnicotine that is actually delivered to the
another 25 million Americans alive today willsmokers lungs has increased significantly
most likely die of a smoking related illness.overall, nicotine yields increased ten
It would seem that the tobacco companies havepercent. Marlboro, Newport, and Camel, the
killed more of us than all the wars inthree most popular brands with young smokers,
history.all delivered significantly more nicotine,
and Kool menthol increased a woping twenty
So it looks like we have know that cigarettepercent.
smoking is bad for are health a little over
40 years right, well in my research I foundNicotine in tobacco is a highly addictive
the following information dated 1892 Titleddrug that affects nearly every organ in our
The Destructive Effects of Cigarette Smoking.body with the increased levels of nicotine in
cigarettes it makes it more difficult to quit
Cigarettes have been analyzed, and mostsmoking. Smoking is a very powerful
physicians and chemists were surprised toaddiction, and it can take multiple attempts
find how much opium is put into them. Ato quit smoking but you must keep trying, you
tobacconist himself says that the extent tocan  successfully  quit  smoking.
which drugs are used in cigarettes is
appalling. Havana flavoring for this sameToday we have many resources to help us quit
purpose is sold everywhere by the thousandsmoking, so lets send a message to the
barrels. This flavoring is made from thetobacco companies and spend that cigarette
tonkabean, which contains a deadly poison.money on as many stop smoking programs that
The wrappers, warranted to be rice paper, areit  takes.
sometimes made of common paper, and sometimes
of the filthy scrapings of rag pickersA lot of the quit smoking programs on line
bleached white with arsenic. What a thing foroffer full money back guarantee so what do
human  lungs.you have to lose except a bad habit and the
destructive effects of cigarette smoking on
The habit burns up good health, goodour health.



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