Smoking cigarettes is perceived by many to impart sexuality to females and a machismo look to males. And in days of yore, cigarettes were wholeheartedly promoted by – believe it or not – even medical practitioners among others such as sports persons and celebrities.

But the world has long since awoken to the hazards of smoking cigarettes. Now a days, it is generally considered to be a bad habit and pernicious to ones health.

Having said that, there are a lot of morbidly fascinating facts on cigarette smoking which is to say the least quite entertaining to read – even to a non smoker.

Fascinating Cigarette Smoking Facts

Here are a couple of them to keep you entertained and perhaps to motivate you to stop smoking if you are into it.

• Cigarettes are the single most traded item on this planet.
• Urea which is a major component of our urine is used to impart flavor to cigarettes.
• Scientists claim the average smoker will lose 14 years of their life due to smoking.
• Nicotine reaches the brain within 10 seconds after smoke is inhaled. It has been found in every part of the body and in breast milk.
• U.S. cigarette manufacturers now make more money selling cigarettes to countries around the globe than they do selling to Americans.

Read all 30 of them at The List Universe.