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Tobacco 2
Tobacco 2
Tobacco 2
There are about 4000 chemicals in tobacco, and out of the 100 identified
poisons, 63 are known to cause cancer
Nicotine is an addictive drug that takes only 6 seconds to reach your brain
Smoking kills more people than cocaine, heroin, alcohol, fire automobile
accidents, homicides, suicides, and AIDS combined.
Every 8 seconds, someone in the world dies from a tobacco related illness
More than 3 million people under the age of 18 smoke about a billion
cigarettes each year, over half of those people consider themselves
dependent on cigarettes
About 430,000 people die needlessly every year from smoking, which
means smoking kills about 1,200 people every day
A person who smokes dies an average 7 years earlier than someone who
doesnt smoke
Kids who smoke experience changes in the lungs, and reduced lung
growth. They risk not achieving normal lung function as an adult
Teen Smoking
90% of adult smokers are addicted to tobacco before they reach the age of
18, 50% are addicted before the age of 14, and currently the age of
initiation to tobacco is 11.
Harming Others
Kids who have 2 smoking parents are more likely to become smokers than
the kids who have non-smoking parents
Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver babies whose
weights are too low for the babies' good health. If all women quit smoking
during pregnancy, about 4,000 new babies would not die each year.
Smoking can cause chronic lung disease, coronary heart disease, and
stroke
Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to
babies with low birth weight
Nicotine causes short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and flow
of blood from the heart
Arteries narrow
How to quit
If you feel like smoking, chew on gum or suck on hard candy instead
Tell friends and family youve decided to quit, and tell them why
Reward yourself at the end of the day by going to a movie or out for
dinner