Facts

Did you know?

• Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when it is used entirely as intended
• There is no safe level of smoking and giving up always offers health gains
• Tobacco smoke contains around 4,000 chemicals, including more than 50 known cancer-causing substances
• Tobacco is more harmful than many illegal drugs
• Smoking causes nearly a third of all cancer deaths. Smokers are more than twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease as non-smokers
• One in ten deaths by a stroke is associated with smoking
• Smoking increases the risk of impotence by around 50% for men in their 30s and 40s
• 44% of deaths from heart disease among people aged under 65, are caused by smoking
• Smoking increases the risk of miscarriage, perinatal mortality, low birthweight and other complications
• Every year, an estimated 114,000 people in the UK die as a result of smoking - this equates to 13 people every hour
• At today's rates, a 20-a-day smoker will spend £36,000 over the next 20 years
• Smoke in a crowded room has six times the pollution as on a busy motorway
• After five years of stopping smoking your risk of a heart attack is halved