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Tobacco Abuse Facts
National Tobacco Abuse Facts
African Americans and Menthol Cigarettes - Fact Sheet 

— Source: African American Tobacco Education Network
African Americans and Secondhand Smoke - Fact Sheet 

— Source: African American Tobacco Education Network
The Facts About Smoking and Diabetes - Fact Sheet 

— Source: African American Tobacco Education Network
Cigarette smoke contains over 3,000 chemicals, including acetone (nail polish remover), hydrogen cyanide (rat poison), nicotine (cockroach killer), hydrazine (rocket fuel) and formaldehyde (embalming fluid).

— Source: Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco, 1999 
 
Smokers have twice the risk of dying of heart attacks as do nonsmokers.

— Source: American Cancer Society. (1999) Quitting Smoking.
 
Twenty four hours after quitting, your chance of heart attack decreases.

— Source: American Cancer Society. (1999) Quitting Smoking.
 
Cigarette smoking in adults dropped from 42% in 1965 to 25% in 1995, to 24.1% in 1998.

— Source: American Cancer Society. (1999) Quitting Smoking.
 
Quitting reduces your risk of dying early by 50% within 5 years of quitting. After 15 years the risk is the same as if you had never smoked.

— Source: Orleans C., and Slade J. (Eds.) (1993) Health Implications of Tobacco Addiction, Nicotine Addiction: Principles and Management.
 
Quitting reduces your risk of lung cancer by 30-50% after 10 years of abstinence. The longer you stay quit, the lower the risk.

— Source: Orleans C., and Slade J. (Eds.) (1993) Health Implications of Tobacco Addiction, Nicotine Addiction: Principles and Management.
 

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