Smoking is Choking

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Smoking is Choking!
Dont Smoke!
Steven Hahn
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Facts on Smoking

• Each day, approximately 6,000 young people try a
  cigarette.
• The average teenage smoker starts smoking at age
  12.5 and becomes a daily smoker by age 18.
• Currently, over 40 of high school students use
  tobacco products.
• In the next 24 hours, 1,180 Americans will die
  from tobacco use.
• In all, 430,700 smokers die from tobacco related
  disease each year.

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Trend in smoking among 11-15 year olds
http//www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/
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Why Is Smoking So Bad?
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What are you Inhaling ?

• Acetone - Nail polish remover
• Arsenic - Rat poison
• Nicotine - Addictive
• Formaldehyde - Embalming fluid (preserve body
  parts)
• Lead - Lead poisoning brain damage
• Benzene - Pesticides
• DDT - Insecticide
• Cadmium - Battery acid
• Carbon Monoxide - Car exhaust
• Benzopyrene - Cancer producing agent
• Ammonia - Toilet cleaner!

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Why Teens Smoke?

• Peer Pressure - Fit in with the crowd
• Stimulation Pleasure - Helps you wake up
• Relaxation - Helps deal with stress
• Exposure to environment - Parents Relatives
• Tobacco Advertising - Aimed towards teens
• Boredom Experimentation

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Diseases Caused from Smoking

• Coronary heart disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Chronic bronchitis emphysema
• Cancer - Lung, Mouth, Nose,
  Throat, Larynx, Esophagus,
  Pancreas, Bladder, Stomach,
  Myeloid leukemia, Kidney
• Effects on fertility

THESE DISEASES MAY LEAD TO...
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!!DEATH!!
YOU DONT WANT TO DIE...CLICK FOR TIPS ON QUITTING
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Tips on Quitting

• Find help! - Go to support groups or friends for
  support
• Keep yourself busy! - When you get the urge to
  smoke, do something else instead
• Try using nicotine gum or a nicotine patch to
  help you break your addiction to cigarettes.

Click for smoking related links
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Smoking Related Links
Below are some links to sites that have
information on smoking and quitting smoking.

• http//www.tobaccofree.org
• http//www.JoeChemo.org
• http//www.winternet.com/terrym/quitsmoke.html
• http//www.lungusa.org/smokefreeclass/gallery.html
  
• http//www.pwc.k12.nf.ca

DONT SMOKE