Mansfield University Daily Digest

Smoking Facts

Posted by Larry Watts for November 4, 2009

* Before smoking bans, which is more harmful---diesel and exhaust fumes or a smoky pub?  You got it...enclosed smoky spaces such as bars and casinos have up to 50 times more cancer-causing particles in the air than roads.

* After the smoking bans took effect, levels of both cancer-causing substances dropped 90% or more in all of the indoor places tested, with the air quality nearly indistinguishable from outside air.

* A non-smoker would have to put on an additional 150 pouinds in order to increase his mortality rate to that of an average smoker.

* The smoker is sick more often, explaining why he/she misses an average of 7.5 work days per year, usually with a loss of pay, while the non-smoker will miss only 4.5 days.

* In the U.S. alone, figures show that expectant mothers who smoke cause the deaths of over 600 baby boys and 400 baby girls each year.  Babies who survive but suffer from smoking related problems cost the country, apprxomately $4 million per year.

* Deaths caused by tobacco during a 5 year period are roughly 15 million. 

PSA by Mansfield Chapter of PA SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco)

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