Sermon Illustrations: Smoking

Cigarette smoking will not keep you out of heaven, just get you there a little faster. Ray Bloomfield

We don't smoke, and we don't chew, and we don't go with the ones who do.

Percentages of cancers caused by smoking: Lung - 84% (men), 77% (women), Mouth and pharynx - 57% (men), 51% (women), Oesophagus - 54% (men), 46% (women), Larynx - 73% (men), 66% (women), Bladder - 43% (men), 36% (women), Kidney - parenchyma - 28% (men), 21% (women), Kidney - pelvis - 55% (men), 48% (women), Pancreas - 24% (men), 19% (women), Stomach - 14% (men), 11% (women), Cervix - 19% (women), Vulva - 40% (women), Penis - 30% (men), Anus - 48% (men), 41% (women),. NSW Cancer Council as tabled in The Bulletin 1-8-06 p 18