In World Health Organization estimated that there are more than 1.5 billion smokers in the World at the beginning of this decade.That’s about one third of the worlds adult population.Four million people died yearly from tobacco related deseases throughout the world.Tobacco use is increasing the most in the developing countries like the Philippines but decreasing in many developed countries.

Smoking remains a pediatric epidemic with so many adolescents stubbornly refusing to quit.This epidemic is predicted to kill 250 million children and adolescents who are alive today,a third of whom live in developing countries.Tobacco is addictive,carcinogenic and deadly.The smoke carries more than 4,000 chemically different compounds,mostly harmful to man.Tobacco is known or probable cause of some 25 different deseases,lung cancer, bronchitis and emphysema.

By: Estrelita P. Dominguez | T-III | SAMAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-MAIN Samal,Bataan