Random Cigarette Facts

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    Smoking while pregnant increases the chances of spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) stillbirths and premature labor.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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    Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.
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    In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
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    Clever City Birds
    Clever City Birds
    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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