Over roughly the last decade, 25%-31% of all hospital admissions were from conditions directly caused by smoking such as respiratory and circulatory diseases, and cancers
Available from Begg S, Vos T, Barker B, Stevenson C, Stanley L and Lopez AD, 2007
Physical Activity and Lifestyle Alternatives Physical activity serves as one of the most effective natural alternatives to cigarettes for stress relief and relaxation
Benjamin Rush (early American physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Surgeon General under George Washington, and anti-tobacco activist) was "against the habitual use of tobacco" because he believed it "led to a desire for strong drink, was injurious both to health and morals, is generally offensive to" nonsmokers, "produces a want of respect for" nonsmokers, and "always disposes to unkind and unjust behavior towards them"
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