Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year at the National Academy Foundation School of Baltimore! We are a college and career preparation school starting at grade 6 and going through to grade 12.
Smoking is a known cause of erectile dysfunction in males. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Worldwide, tobacco use causes nearly 6 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030. 2 Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure.
Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body. 1  More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking. 2  For every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including nearly 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. 2  This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day. 3  1. 4  On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.