Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the world every year, killing around 5 million people annually.
According to Health Service Executive figures taken in 2014, in Ireland about 19.5% of the population would classify themselves as smokers.
It breaks down at 54.1% of smokers being male and 45.1% being female with an average of 12.71 cigarettes being smoked each day.
HSE figures show that in 2014, Ireland's death rates from smoking-related diseases was 9% higher than the European average.
Although the number of smokers in Ireland has declined, there's still a significant portion of the public smoking on a daily basis.
The people over at AsapScience have created a video where they break down how your body changes when you give up cigarettes.
It makes for interesting viewing for anyone thinking of quitting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3I0mJ2RfU0
Video via AsapSCIENCE*This article first appeared over on JOE.ie
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