What smoking can do to you.

The remarkable pictures on these pages show graphically how smoking can cripple and destroy parts of your body--your lungs, your blood vessels, your brain, and other organs. Tobacco kills more people than any other drug. For example nine out of 10 smokers diagnosed with lung cancer die of lung cancer. Ten out of 10 long-term smokers develop emphysema, and if you smoke, chances of dying from emphysema are 10 times greater than that of nonsmokers. Also, nicotine is a major contributing factor to heart disease (the number one killer of Americans). It increases the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries and causes the arteries to constrict. After you examine this evidence you'll understand why millions of people have quit smoking. You can too ! 1. A normal lung of a person 45 to 55 years old.

2. A cancerous lung. The white growth at the upper end is cancer, while the black discoloration at the lower end is caused by emphysema.

3. A lung affected by emphysoma. The ruptured air sac wails make breathing extremely difficult.

4. A normal brain.

5. A close-up view of a brain with cholesterol-clogged arteries.

6. A healthy artery with no cholesterol deposits.

7. An aorta with cholesterol deposits that have calcified.

8. An end view of a coronary artery with thickened walls and norrowed opening. A blood clot blocks the flow of blood.