Banned in restaurants and even some casinos. Major drugstores have stopped selling it. Ad campaigns specifically warn against it all over your television screen. By now we all know just how bad smoking is for your health. But in 2015 do you really know the facts? Or do you just know it’s bad? The facts may be able to help you educate others on why exactly smoking kills. Learning about the tobacco industry’s marketing schemes may just make you angry enough to stop.

The Center for Disease control reports that smoking is the cause of 480,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. That means that a shocking one in five people die from smoking. They also report that smoking causes more death than HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), illegal drug abuse, alcohol use, car accidents, and gun-related incidents combined. Combined! Every time you step into your car and face the risk of a car wreck, it is more likely that you or someone you know is dying of smoking related causes.

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