STUDENT HEALTH CENTER
 Would you smoke if you knew?
Smoking kills more Americans each year than any of these combined. (American Cancer Society)
- alcohol
- car accidents
- suicide
- AIDS
- homicide
- illegal drugs
Nicotine is actually more addictive than heroin (Surgeon General Coop 1988)
Even 30 minutes of secondhand smoke exposure daily can cause heart damage similar to that of a habitual smoker.
People who are exposed to daily secondhand smoke have a 30% higher death and disease rate than that of non-smokers.
Babies and children raised in a household where there is smoking have more ear infections, colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems than children from non-smoking families.
 It is estimated that secondhand smoke causes 3,000 lung cancer deaths and more than 50,000 coronary heart disease deaths every year.
(Surgeon General's 2006 Report)
Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body, is linked to at least 15 different cancers), and accounts for some 30% of all cancer deaths. (American Cancer Society)
For information on smoking cessation contact:
RSU Student Health Center
343-7614
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