It is a well known fact that tobacco smoke harms the body. In the United States, tobacco-related diseases kill over 400,000 people every year, and about 30% of the people that die of cancer use tobacco. But smokers are also far more likely than the general population to have a variety of everyday health problems:
smokers are about 10 times more likely to have difficulty sleeping
smokers are about 4 times more likely to have sinus congestion and/or sinus headaches
smokers are twice as likely to have abnormally high blood pressure
smokers are about 4 times more likely to have have colds and coughs
smokers are about 5 times more likely to suffer migraine headaches
smokers are about 17 times more likely to suffer from disabling tiredness.
People who don't smoke but are around smokers also have health problems – not as often as smokers do, but more often than non-smokers do. Over 35,000 non-smokers die each year from illnesses resulting from exposure to tobacco smoke. So if your friends or family members smoke, or if you are near smokers at your school or job, your health is at risk.
