Excuse me, do you have a lighter?" Next time if a gentle-man or a lady ask this question, please don't support them in having this poisonous puff. With this small effort you may be able to tell them that it is high time, now they should quit, if not for themselves then for their loved ones. Smoking cigarettes can kill you. This report is important because it reveals new scientific findings about how deadly cigarettes are and how quickly they can damage your body. This new research also suggests that tobacco companies have altered cigarettes to make them more addictive.