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1、FactsAboutSmokingHurtingYourselfSmokingisanaddiction.Tobaccosmokecontainsnicotine,adrugthatisaddictiveandcanmakeitveryhard,butnotimpossible,toquit.Morethan400,000deathsintheU.S.eachyeararefromsmoking-relatedillnesses.Smokinggreatlyincreasesyourrisksforlungcancerandmanyothercancers.Hurt
2、ingOthers·Smokingharmsnotjustthesmoker,butalsofamilymembers,coworkersandotherswhobreathethesmoker'scigarettesmoke,calledsecondhandsmoke.·Amonginfantsto18monthsofage,secondhandsmokeisassociatedwithasmanyas300,000casesofbronchitisandpneumoniaeachyear.·Secondhandsmokefromaparent'scigarett
3、eincreasesachild'schancesformiddleearproblems,causescoughingandwheezing,andworsensasthmaconditions.·Ifbothparentssmoke,ateenagerismorethantwiceaslikelytosmokethanayoungpersonwhoseparentsarebothnon-smokers.Inhouseholdswhereonlyoneparentsmokes,youngpeoplearealsomorelikelytostartsmoking.·
4、Pregnantwomenwhosmokearemorelikelytodeliverbabieswhoseweightsaretoolowforthebabies'goodhealth.Ifallwomenquitsmokingduringpregnancy,about4,000newbabieswouldnotdieeachyear.·WhyQuit?·Quittingsmokingmakesadifferencerightaway-youcantasteandsmellfoodbetter.Yourbreathsmellsbetter.Yourcoughgoe
5、saway.Thishappensformenandwomenofallages,eventhosewhoareolder.Ithappensforhealthypeopleaswellasthosewhoalreadyhaveadiseaseorconditioncausedbysmoking.·Quittingsmokingcutstheriskoflungcancer,manyothercancers,heartdisease,stroke,otherlungdiseases,andotherrespiratoryillnesses.·Ex-smokersha
6、vebetterhealththancurrentsmokers.Ex-smokershavefewerdaysofillness,fewerhealthcomplaints,andlessbronchitisandpneumoniathancurrentsmokers.2用心爱心专心·Quittingsmokingsavesmoney.Apack-a-daysmoker,whopays$2perpackcan,expecttosavemorethan$700peryear.Itappearsthatthepriceofcigaretteswillcontinuet
7、oriseincomingyears,aswillthefinancialrewardsofquitting.2用心爱心专心
