If you are looking to quit by using smoking statistics in your arsenal of weapons against nicotine, then you are going to want to print this article and carry it around with you.
In this article I introduce a series of less commonly known smoking statistics that will really get you thinking.
By the conclusion you should have a good list of smoking statistics to help you stop smoking.
One of the most powerful tools used in the fight against smoking is statistics.
They are used to convince smokers to quit, persuade non-smokers to join the fight against smoking and they even have the power to convince councils and governments to make new laws and regulations governing smoking.
Statistics are never 100% accurate because there are too many variables involved such as:

• Who are the people collecting the statistical information?
• What exactly are they trying to find out?
• What methods are they using to collect the statistical information?
• Which groups in society are they getting the statistical information from?
• What methods are used calculate the statistics?

Many people say that statistics are not a good way of judging something because of these variables.
This may be true for some subjects, but when it comes to smoking I totally disagree.
Although statistics about smoking are not always accurate, they still paint a detailed picture of the smoking landscape.
There have been many studies conducted all over the world on the subject of smoking, each coming up with their own set of data and statistics.
Although some findings may differ there are always common themes: Addiction, disease and death.
Here is a selection of the more commonly found statistics from numerous statistical studies:

• Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemicals and toxins
• Over 1 billion people in the world smoke
• Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death
• Smoking kills about one in every 10 adults
• Smoking is responsible for over 5 million deaths a year, that's about 13,500 a day
• Every 8 seconds someone dies from a smoking related illness
• Every cigarette takes approx 5 minutes off your life
• Half of all those who smoke over a long period will die from a smoking related illness
• Smoking is the major causes about 90% of all lung cancers.
  Other parts of the body where smoking commonly causes cancer include the mouth, nasal cavity and sinus, digestive tract, pancreas, liver, stomach and kidney.
  
• Smoking is responsible for approx 30% of all cancer deaths
• Second hand smoke (smoke from tobacco that is breathed in by non-smokers) causes thousands of deaths worldwide every year.
  
• The most common reasons for people starting smoking include; peer pressure, social acceptance, stress, life problems, family history of smoking, low economic status, wanting to feel mature and independent.
  
• 80% of smokers start the habit before they turn 21
• Around 100,000 children worldwide start smoking on a daily basis
• Most smokers in developed countries actually want to give up but feel they can't because of their nicotine addiction

The above statistics can be found in a number of different studies, even when you factor in all of the different variables.
This is why I think you can trust smoking statistics even when they may not be 100% accurate.
If you are a smoker please don't become a part of one the statistics mentioned above, become a part of a statistic that I haven't yet mentioned.
Become one of the 5% of smokers who manage to quit every year.