WARNING: There Is No Safe Tobacco Product
Jan. 22, 2005 - Sydney, Australia - The World Health Organization says that tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world, and 650 million people will eventually be killed by tobacco. The CDC says smoking is the number-one preventable killer of Americans. Nearly four million American teens smoke, and more than one million teens start smokinig every year. It's estimated that more than five million youths under the age of 18 will die prematurely from a smoking-related disease. Picture (c) SCOTT MC KIERNAN/ZUMA Press