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Bookmark or Share- Tobacco - World Health Organization (WHO)Tobacco can also be deadly for non-smokers. Second-hand smoke exposure has also been implicated in adverse health outcomes, causing 1.2 million deaths annually. Nearly half of all children breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke and 65 000 children die each year due to illnesses related to second-hand smoke.
- Cigar smoking: Safer than cigarette smoking? - Mayo ClinicCigar smoke contains more tar than does cigarette smoke. And smoking cigars might put you in contact with higher levels of other toxic substances, such as carbon monoxide, than smoking cigarettes does. For people who smoke cigars and inhale, risks linked with cigar smoking are like those of cigarette smoking.
- Hookah smoking: Is it safer than cigarette smoking?Hookah smoking delivers high levels of nicotine, as cigarette smoking does. Nicotine is the habit-forming chemical in tobacco that keeps a person smoking. Hookah smoke poses dangers linked to secondhand smoke. Hookah smoking by pregnant people is linked to low birth weight babies. Using an unclean pipe or sharing a pipe with other smokers is risky.
- Nicotine dependence - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicNicotine dependence occurs when you need nicotine and can't stop using it. Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that makes it hard to quit. Nicotine produces pleasing effects in your brain, but these effects are temporary. So you reach for another cigarette. The more you smoke, the more nicotine you need to feel good.
- Tobacco in China - World Health Organization (WHO)More than half of adult men are current tobacco smokers. About one in every three cigarettes smoked in the world is smoked in China. In addition, over 700 million non-smokers in China, including about 180 million children, are exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS) at least once a day in a typical week. Exposure to SHS causes 100,000 deaths annually.
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