e-cigarettes contain:

• nicotine - a powerfully addictive drug
• formaldehyde - a known carcinogen
• nitrosamines - linked to cancer
• lead - a neurotoxin that can also cause violent outbursts
• silicate particles - a cause of lung disease

1 out of 5 deaths in the u.s. is due to smoking, whether traditional cigarettes or ecigs (vape).

rodrigo de jerez, who sailed with columbus, was imprisoned by the spanish inquisition upon his return from the new world on suspicion of being the devil. the reason? he had taken up the native americans' custom of smoking tobacco. when he was released from prison 7 years later, smoking had caught on in europe.

tobacco plants absorb radioactivity and pass it on to the folks who chew or smoke them.

according to pornhub, which handles more online porn traffic than any other vendor, folks in wyoming find smoking sexy.

if you smoke and don't quit, you will die 20 years sooner.

1 out of 5 american adults smoke. 1 out of 5 american adults die because they smoke.

you do the math.

if you smoke 25 or more cigarettes each day, your odds of developing lung cancer are 12,200% higher than someone who does not smoke. because you are intentionally sucking poisonous smoke and chemicals into your lungs all damned day.

smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter.

(can you afford to lose that much? no, really?)

uber-conservative author ayn rand was against social security and government health care programs. until she was diagnosed with lung cancer, that is, and received benefits from both.

(fun mini-factoid: she didn't believe that chain-smoking could cause lung cancer, either.)

nicotine gum was invented in sweden. it was originally meant for submariners.

at least 4 marlboro men have died if lung cancer.

nicotine bonds permanently with melanin. in other words, the darker your skin is, the easier it is to become addicted to it and the harder it is to quit.

at the time of this writing, it is legal for an employer to refuse to hire someone who smokes in almost half of u.s. states.

among the many other negatives to smoking, it breaks down the elastin in your skin. this makes your skin look old and causes your breasts to sag.

350 million chinese people smoke - more than the entire population of the united states. until 2009, many chinese schools were entirely paid for by american tobacco companies. one school in sichuan had a message at the front gate that said 'tobacco can help you become an achiever'.