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Cigarette smoking facts: China
• Nearly 70% of men smoke and only 3% of women. The statistics for women smokers have however began climbing in China.
• For every three cigarettes smoked on earth, one is in China.
• Smoking will wipe out one third of all male under 30 smokers in China
• Statistics show that 3000 people die every day in China due to smoking. Roughly the same number of teens who start smoking in the United states every day.
• In 2009 China increased tobacco tax by 6 to 11 % to raise more revenue as well as to curb smoking.
• China is the world’s heaviest smoker with China National Tobacco Company (CNTC) being the largest tobacco company in the world.
• China’s tobacco industry accounts for 8% of national revenue. 2008 revenue was 430 billion yuan (about US$63 billion).
• A study in one district, Minhang, found smokers spend 60% of their personal income on smoking and 17% of household income.
• An equivalent of the entire US population smokes in China i.e 350 million people.
• A survey in China established that 60% of adults did not know that smoking can cause lung cancer and 96% were ignorant to the fact that it can cause heart disease.
General cigarette smoking facts: Health
• Smoking related illness costs the US taxpayer up to $150 billion annually.
• There are 599 additives in cigarettes and 4000 toxic or carcinogenic chemicals in tobacco smoke.
• For each cigarette you smoke, you take away five minutes of your life, on average the length of time it takes to finish the cigarette.
• There is an association between cigarette smoking and diabetes.
• On average smokers puff on light and menthol cigarettes such asmalboro light cigarettes harder than regular cigarettes resulting in the same harmful levels of tar and nicotine to be consumed.
• There is approximately a 20% sugar component in cigarettes. Millions of diabetic smokers are unaware of this fact.
• A smoker’s immune system works harder than normal and is always active. Generally smokers quickly and effectively fight off viralinversion on this strength.
General cigarette smoking facts: Advertisements
• Peer-reviewed studies strongly point to teenage tobacco useinfluenced by cigarette advertising.
• Smoking laws, have played a very significant role in restricting cigarette advertising.