IS THE INHALED AND

EXHALED SMOKE
CREATED WHILE
TAKING A PUFF ON A
LIT CIGARETTE
BREATHING IN
MAINSTREAM SMOKE
FOR THE SMOKER MEANS
THAT THEY ARE ALSO
INHALING SIDESTREAM
SMOKE LINGERING IN
THE AIR
IS SMOKE YOU DON'T MEAN
TO BREATHE IN AS WELL AS
YOU INHALE ACCIDENTALLY
(CALLED PASSIVE SMOKING)
WHEN YOU ARE NEAR
SOURCES OF TOBACCO
SMOKE
SECONDHAND SMOKE
DAMAGES THE BODY IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
CHILDREN AND ADULTS AS
WELL AS PREGNANT WOMEN
EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND
SMOKE MAY EXPERIENCE:
• CARDIOVASCULAR (HEART,
VEINS AND ARTERIES)
DISEASE LIKE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, ATHEROSCLEROSIS,
HEART ATTACK OR STROKE
• LUNG PROBLEMS LIKE
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISORDER (COPD)
AND ASTHMA.
• INCREASED RISKS OF LUNG
CANCER AND CANCERS IN THE
BRAIN, BLADDER, STOMACH,
BREAST AND MORE.
• FREQUENT COUGHING, SNEEZING,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR OTHER
BREATHING PROBLEMS
• FREQUENT EAR INFECTIONS
• FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE ASTHMA
ATTACKS
• RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, SUCH AS
BRONCHITIS OR PNEUMONIA
• DAMAGE TO EYES (LIKE CATARACTS)
AND TEETH (LIKE TOOTH DECAY)
• LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
• SIDS (SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
SYNDROME)
IS RESIDUAL NICOTINE AND
OTHER CHEMICALS LEFT ON
INDOOR SURFACES BY TOBACCO
SMOKE. PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO
THESE CHEMICALS BY TOUCHING
CONTAMINATED SURFACES OR
BREATHING IN THE OFF-GASSING
FROM THESE SURFACES.
• THIRDHAND SMOKE MAY BE A
CULPRIT IN MORE CANCER CASES
• THIRDHAND SMOKE MAY DAMAGE
DNA
• RESIDUE MAY REACT WITH
AIRBORNE CHEMICALS TO FORM
CARCINOGENS
• CHILDREN ARE MOST AT RISK
• REMOVING THE RESIDUE IS VERY
DIFFICULT
• From the report of the
Department of Health,
smoking kills up to half of
all lifetime users
• Almost 80% of these
deaths caused by tobacco
was among men.
• Bad breath
• Stained teeth and fingers
• Reduced sense of taste and smell
• Premature wrinkles
• Decreased lung function
• Decreased immune function
BRAIN
Nicotine from cigarettes is as addictive
as heroin. Nicotine addiction is hard to
beat because it changes your brain.
You may feel anxious, irritable, and
have strong cravings for nicotine.
EARS
One effect of smoking is reduced
oxygen supply to the cochlea, a
snail?shaped organ in the inner ear.
This may result in permanent damage to
the cochlea and mild to moderate
hearing loss.
EYES
Smoking increases your risk of
developing cataracts and
macular degeneration (both
can lead to blindness).
SKIN
Smoking can cause your skin
to be dry and lose elasticity,
leading to wrinkles and
stretch marks.
HEART (STICKY BLOOD)
Smoking makes your blood
thick and sticky.
This damage can increase your
risk for a heart attack or
stroke.
HEART (STRESSED HEAR)
Smoking raises your blood pressure
and puts stress on your heart.
Carbon monoxide from inhaled
cigarette smoke also contributes to a
lack of oxygen, making the heart
work even harder
HEART (FATTY DEPOSITS)
Smoking increases the cholesterol and
unhealthy fats circulating in the blood,
leading to unhealthy fatty deposits
Blockage in the blood vessels of your
legs could result in the amputation of
your toes or feet
LUNGS (EMPHYSEMA)
Smoking destroys the tiny air sacs,
or alveoli, in the lungs that allow
oxygen exchange.
Emphysema causes severe shortness
of breath and can lead to death.
LUNGS (SCARRED LUNGS)
Smokers' lungs experience
inflammation in the small
airways and tissues of your lungs.
Years of lung irritation can give
you a chronic cough with mucus.
LUNGS (CILIA AND
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS)

Your airways are lined with tiny

brush like hairs, called cilia.
Smoking temporarily paralyzes
and even kills cilia.
STOMACH AND HORMONES
(BELLY)

Smokers have bigger bellies and

less muscle than non-smokers.
They are more likely to develop
type 2 diabetes, even if they do
not smoke every day.
STOMACH AND HORMONES
(BELLY)

Diabetes is a serious disease

that can lead to blindness,
heart disease, kidney failure,
and amputations
STOMACH AND HORMONES
(LOWER ESTROGEN LEVELS)

Smoking lowers a female’s level

of estrogen. Low estrogen levels
can cause dry skin, thinning
hair, and memory problems.
STOMACH AND HORMONES
(LOWER ESTROGEN LEVELS)

Women who smoke have a

harder time getting pregnant and
having a healthy baby. Smoking
can also lead to early menopause