Do you think smoking makes you look cool and mature? Well, it does - if cigarettes damage your body every time you take a puff with this comprehensive guide to addiction help.
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For their small size, cigarettes pack in a ton of chemicals including tar (not the black gooey liquid that's used on roads, but just as gross), carbon monoxide (the same stuff released by cancers including lung and mouth. Some of these illneses may not affect you until you're older, but there are a bunch of problems that'll hit you right away:
- Yellow teeth
- Really bad breath
- Stinky clothes and hair
- Lots of coughing, even though you're not sick
- Less endurance when playing sports (nicotine makes it hard for blood to move around in your body, which makes you feel tired and cranky)
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Tobacco companies are using chemicals as regular cigarettes!
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- A single cigarette takes about five to 20 minutes off a person's life.
- About 4.5 million American teens are smokers.
- Almost 90% of smokers take their first puff before their 21st birthday.
- An estimated 438,000 people in the US die from smoking-related diseases each year.
For more info on the dangers of smoking, head to the American Lung Association.
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