The health consequences of nicotine addiction are enormous. Tobacco smoking is responsible for 1 of every 5 deaths and is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Children smoke 1.1 billion packs of cigarettes yearly. This accounts for more than $200 billion in future health care costs.
- Example: he showed great heroism in battle. - Example: he received a medal for valor. [syn: heroism, gallantry, valor, valour, valorousness, valiance, valiancy] The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:Valor \Valor\, n. [OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth.
Greek ther, Old Church Slavonic zveri, Lithuanian zveris wild beast). Original English sense of brave, proud died out 16c., but caused the word at first to be commonly used as an epithet, which accounts for the rare instance of a French word entering English in the nominative case.