If you are a smoker, you do need to get a chest x-ray at least one time each year to monitor the affects of the smoking on your lungs. The best thing to do is quit smoking so that you are not exposed to radiation along with nicotine and tar.
Each year millions of people begin smokig. Smoking has become one of the worst addictions to people in the United States and all over the world.
750,000; 250,000
750,000; 250,000
750,000; 250,000
I had this same questions and found my answer during my quest to quit smoking in 2012. The short answer is that each insurance company is different but the average is 1-3 years without the use of tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, or chewing tobacco. I also found that nicotine alone is not considered smoking and many people like myself can be considered a "non-smoker" while using products like electronic cigarettes. I'm gona try a Nicomate.com electronic cigarette in 2012 and see if it works. I hope quitting smoking with electronic cigarettes proves easier than the gum, meds, and patches I've already tried! Cheers and happy 2012!
It is estimated that about 2 out of every 3 young smokers will eventually die from a smoking-related disease. This means that the majority of the 750,000 teens who become regular daily smokers each year are at high risk of premature death due to smoking.
Approximately 47,000 Americans become so badly injured, that they are disabled each year. This does not include mental health or other underlying illnesses that cause disability.
More than 6,000 people under 18 try a cigarette each day, and each day more than 3,000 persons under age 18 become daily smokers.
About 5.4 million
According to the CDC: ...during 2000--2004, cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in at least 443,000 premature deaths, approximately 5.1 million YPLL [years of potential life lost], and $96.8 billion in productivity losses annually in the United States.
Each cigarette cost 7 minutes of you life Our Average Life length is 75 years That's 27,375days 1,642,500Hours 98,550,000Minutes So that is about 14,078,571 cigarettes P.S. Just a tip from a smoker: Don't even try smoking especially if you are interested because it IS VERY ADDICTIVE I was interested and tried it is really hard to quit smoking, after smoking your will want more cigarettes.