Lupus arthritis causes pain, stiffness, swelling, tenderness and warmth in your joints. The joints most often affected are the ones farthest from the middle of the body, such as fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, ankles and toes.
How Many Smokers Are There in the USA? In 2012, an estimated 58.5 million of U.S. adults were current smokers; of these, 41.6 million smoked every day. In the U.S., an estimated 58.5 million people are smokers. That number breaks down to 31.6 million men and 26.9 million women. Not to sound like the Surgeon General, but from a health standpoint, over 424,000 smoke-related deaths occur each year and over $172 billion healthcare dollars are spent.
The average smoker takes in 1 to 2 mg nicotine per cigarette when inhaling. In 1989, the Surgeon General issued a report that cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, which contain nicotine (such as cigars, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco) are addictive.