Myth tobacco smoking

Myth: Only a handful of dangerous toxins can be found in tobacco smoke

Fact: Actually, the number is closer to 250. Of these harmful chemicals, at have been proven to cause can create harmful to the human body in other ways.

Myth: Other types of tobacco products are not harmful the way cigarettes are

Fact: Everything from pipes and hookahs to snuff and cloves has been shown to cause or increase the risk of lung cancer, throat cancer, mouth cancer, heart attacks and other lung diseases.

Myth: Smoking is sexy

Fact: Men who smoke have a greater risk of erectile dysfunction

Myth: Smoking can help to relieve stress

Fact: Nicotine has been shown to actually intensify stress among smokers.

Myth: "Light smoking" is less dangerous

Fact: However, there is no safe level of tobacco consumption and even youth that only smoke a few cigarettes per day run the risk of developing smoke related cancer and other related diseases.

Myth: Young people don't need to worry about the health effects of smoking

Fact: For many adolescents, smoking-related diseases and complications are perceived as something that only happens to older, long-term smokers. Often youth don't realize that smoking actually causes many short-term health effects.

Myth: Youth can quit smoking on their own

Fact: Many youth believe that quitting tobacco is easy and does not require professional assistance. However, 3 out of every 4 adolescent smokers that have tried to quit smoking and have failed. This is because adolescents lack the awareness about strategies and resources needed to successfully quit.