Facts About Tobacco

• Secondhand smoke kills 53,000 nonsmokers in the U.S. each year.
  
  
• For every eight smokers the tobacco industry kills, it takes one nonsmoker with them.
  
  
• Secondhand smoke is responsible for 150,000 lower respiratory tract infections in children under 18 months of age.
  
  
• 26,000 children develop asthma annually as a result of being exposed to secondhand smoke.
  
  
• Being in a smoky bar for only two hours is the same as smoking four cigarettes.
  
  
• Cigarette smoke contains 63 chemical compounds known to cause cancer.
  
  
• 90% of life-long smokers started before they were 18.
  
  
• 2,000 teens start smoking every day.