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Here are some cool facts about tobacco. 70 percent of smokers want to quit. Less than 5 percent actually succeed every year. 2,000 teens start smoking everyday. Cigarette smoke contains benzene, carbon monoxide, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide and polonium 210. In as little as 2 weeks nicotine changes the brains chemistry and addiction can begin. In 1999, one year after agreeing to stop billboard advertising, tobacco companies increased advertising spending by 33 percent in magazines with more than 15 percent youth readership. Every eight seconds, someone in the world dies due to tobacco. In 2001, tobacco companies spent about $11 billion marketing their products. That's about $1.5 billion more than the year before. Each cigarette shortens a smokers life by 6 seconds. Cigarette smoke contains 69 chemical compounds that are known to cause cancer. About 1 out of every 5 deaths in the US can be attributed to tobacco products.
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