Nicotine in U.S. Cigarettes has risen 10% in six years! A comprehensive report released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on August 29, 2006 clearly demonstrates the trend, meaning it's harder than ever for tobacco users to quit. Massachusetts is a leader in tobacco cessation promotion.
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Tobacco kills over 400,000 people each year…more than heroin, cocaine, alcohol, AIDS, fires, homicides, suicides, and automobile accidents COMBINED.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/toolbox/dental/biteoverview.pps (slides 14-16)

Smoking accelerates coronary artery disease and makes high blood pressure harder to control.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/body/fitness/warninglights.htm

Smoking has been linked to cancer of the mouth, larynx, uterus, kidney, esophagus, bladder, pancreas, and stomach as well as lung cancer.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/prevention/disease/reducerisk.htm

Using tobacco restricts blood flow to the skin by as much as 40 percent. This can increase your risk of hand and arm injury when using power tools.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/environment/occuphealth/handarmvibration.htm

Smoking or chewing tobacco can increase your susceptibility to frostbite.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/environment/cold/cold.htm

If you're looking for a way to relieve stress, don't look to tobacco. The highs and lows associated with tobacco use can keep you stressed.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/body/fitguard/stress.htm

A person who isn't a tobacco user by age 18 will most likely never use tobacco…unless that person is in the military. One study found that cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use more than doubled between recruits and active duty servicemembers.
Source: http://www.hooah4health.com/toolbox/dental/japanoverview.pps (slides 83-87)