Smokers around the world are kicking the habit to the curb. With all the information available today about the dangers and health risks smokers face it is completely understandable. Quitting smoking can be very hard for most people, it mostly depends on your will to quit. A strong desire and determination to reach your goal of becoming a non-smoker will see you through.
In recent years it has become socially unacceptable to be a smoker and is frowned upon by most everyone these days. This is reason enough for most to quit smoking cigarettes. Others choose to stop smoking due to their families and friends and still more people quit to save money. Whatever your reason is to quit smoking it is an excellent choice to make and will only make your life better.
So you’ve made the choice to at least look into the possibility of quitting smoking and for that I applaude you…clap,clap,clap. So stick to it and if you need, or want, help feel free to investigate some of the stop smoking products featured on the site. Before you go though, here are a few facts about cigarettes you may not have known.
1. In 1970, President Nixon signed the law that placed warning labels on cigarettes and banned television 
advertisements for cigarettes. The last date that cigarette ads were permitted on TV was extended by a day, from December 31, 1970 to January 1, 1971 to allow the television networks one last cash windfall from cigarette advertising in the New Year’s Day football games.
2. Cigarettes are the single-most traded item on the planet, with approximately 1 trillion being sold from country to country each year. At a global take of more than $400 billion, it’s one of the world’s largest industries.
3. U.S. cigarette manufacturers now make more money selling cigarettes to countries around the globe than they do selling to Americans.
4. In most countries around the world, the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products is now 18, raised from 16, while in Japan the age minimum is 20 years old.
5. The ‘Cork Tip’ filter was originally invented in 1925 by Hungarian inventor Boris Aivaz, who patented the process of making the cigarette filter from crepe paper. All kinds of filters were tested, although ‘cork’ is unlikely to have been one of them.
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