“The Cost of Smoking to Health”
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"The Cost of Smoking to Health" Over one quarter of the British adult population smoke. This is to say they inhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars or pipes. The cost of this affects many people, smokers and non-smokers alike in many ways, through social, financial and most significantly health reasons. Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemical compounds, of which at least 400 are toxic. When alight, the heat in a cigarette breaks down the tobacco to produce various substances, including carbon monoxide and nicotine. The effects of smoking have an affect on virtually every part of the body, from the respiratory system to the reproductive system. It's a well known fact smoking kills. There is a government health warning on every packet, examples include "Smokers die younger", "Smoking can decrease fertility" and "Smoking kills." (Source: Lambert and Butler cigarette packet.) These warnings can take up to as much as half the space on the outside...

