Facts for youth

Every 13 seconds someone in the world dies because they smoked.
Smoking causes plaque and tarter build up on the teeth, as well as increasing chances of gum disease and losing teeth.
Approximately 1,500 kids are killed each year in house fires caused by cigarettes.
Most people start using tobacco before they finish high school. If you can make it out of high school without smoking, you’ll probably never smoke.
Even after one cigarette, you’ll be short of breath and less able to run.
Second-hand smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing chemical compounds. That’s not maybe; it’s proven.
Two-thirds of smoke from a cigarette goes into the air around the smoker for others to inhale.
Regular exposure to second-hand smoke increases the chances of getting lung disease by 25 per cent and heart disease by 10 per cent.
This year, approximately 1,600 Nova Scotians will die from smoking-related illnesses and 200 will die from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.
Cigarillos are just as dangerous as cigarettes.

Doctors Nova Scotia