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1. Cigarette refers to a roll of tobacco wrapped in a cylinder of paper. The word cigarette has French origins. Cigarette is “small cigar” in French. Modern cigarettes are usually filtered. Cigarettes contain processed leaves, while cigars are made of whole-leaf tobacco.

2. Smoking rate is mostly declining in the developed world, whereas they are continuing to rise in the developing world.

3. It has been scientifically proven that nicotine, the main chemical component of the cigarette, is addictive.

4. According to statistics, each cigarette shortens the lifespan of a smoker by 11 minutes; smokers who died due to the tobacco-related diseases lose 14 years of life on average. During 20th century smoking killed 100 million people worldwide.

5. Smoking among pregnant women sometimes leads to birth defects.

6. Considerable percent of the fires in private homes is caused by cigarettes.

7. The earliest forms of cigarettes emerged in Central America in 9th century.

8. Legal smoking age in the majority of countries is 18.

9. Nearly 5.5 trillion cigarettes are produced annually. More than 1.2 billion people smoke all over the world.

10. Cigarette is the most advertised product in America.