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Smoke Can Kill You

June 26th, 2009

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A cigarette contains 4 thousand chemicals are toxic or harmful to the body. Substances that trigger lung cancer, brain, and liver.

Who does not know cigarettes. Historically, tobacco has been smoked by a native American continent is the Maya, Aztecs, and the Indians since 1000 years before Christ. Then Columbus introduced tobacco to England and the tobacco trade began in the 1500s, especially the tobacco of Virginia and still exist till this moment.

Tobacco industry began to dim since 1964, because the American Association of Surgeons issued a statement that cigarettes cause lung cancer. Cigarette advertising on television began showing forbidden since 1965 in England and 1970 in the United States. Health warnings on cigarette packages began to emerge since 1970, and is further enhanced with a warning through pictures.

Despite starting to fade, in fact as many as 4 million people died from smoking and is estimated at 2020, the victim died of smoke reaches 10 million people. Unfortunately 70 percent of the victims are in developing countries. At least it was revealed in a seminar titled “Smoking and Lung Cancer” at the Multi Purpose Room 2nd floor, Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jalan Let Jen S Parman, Slipi, West Jakarta, some time ago.
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