Smoking...How it Shortens Your Life: Origins, Economics and Ramifications

Everybody has heard about the dangers of smoking, but do smokers really know what they are inhaling? There are over 200 known substances in cigarette smoke, 45 of them are suspected carcinogens.

In other words, a smoker is willingly inhaling chemicals in their body that are known to cause Cancer, and other diseases including Heart Disease, Emphysema, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and psychological dependence.

In addition, this book highlights the economics of smoking and how tobacco companies use their power and influence to buy major fortune 500 companies such as Kraft Foods, Nabisco, and so many other major corporations .The tobacco industry also wields their corporate might through product placement in movies by glamorizing the use of cigarettes and how they continue to seduce the younger generation with clever marketing tactics.

This book will inspire hope, because its not all doom and gloom--read how you can help yourself reverse the deleterious effects of smoking.