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7:56 PM
Facts of Smoking. - Saturday, February 19, 2011
Of the 3,000 teens who started smoking today, nearly 1,000 will eventually die as a result from smoking.


Kids who smoke experience changes in the lungs and reduced lung growth, and they risk not achieving normal lung function as an adult.


A person who starts smoking at age 13 will have a more difficult time quitting, has more health-related problems and probably will die earlier than a person who begins to smoke at age 21.


Of every 100,000 15 year old smokers, tobacco will prematurely kill at least 20,000 before the age of 70.


The heart speeds up, from 10 to 20 beats per minute when you smoke


The temperature of the skin drops by 6 degrees Fahrenheit (that's because the blood is rushing to the heart, where it would be needed in a real crisis)


The blood vessels constrict, or tighten, so that blood pressure goes up 5 to 10 points.


Source of Information: http://www.smoking-facts.net/ :)

-Mei Yi