Smokers Helpline

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I Love My Lungs

• Smokers Helpline
• Newfoundland Labrador

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How Do We Breathe?
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Where Are Your Lungs?
How many do you have?
What do they look like?
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Your Lungs!
We have two lungs that look like upside-down trees
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Breathing

• When you Inhale, your lungs get BIG as they fill
  with air.
• When you Exhale, your lungs get small as the air
  leaves your lungs.

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Inside Your Lungs!
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Inside Your Lungs!
Tiny hairs called Cilia keep your lungs clean!!
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Why are lungs important?

• Delivers oxygen to our body.
• Cells in our body need oxygen to make energy so
  we can play and exercise.

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How important is breathing?

• What do you need more?
• Food
• Water
• Air?

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What is Smoking?
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What is smoking?Do you know any smokers?Has
anyone ever asked you to smoke?What is
addiction mean?How does smoke make you feel?
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Facts about Smoking!

• Smoking is very dangerous
• Half of the people who smoke get very sick or die
  from smoking

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So Whats in a Cigarette?4000 Chemicals50 of
those chemicals are known to cause cancer
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ARSENIC
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ACETONE
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AMMONIA
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FORMALDEHYDE
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TAR
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CARBON MONOXIDE
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And NICOTINE
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How Does Smoking Hurt Us?
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It makes your breath and clothes smell bad!
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Makes you cough!
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Makes you tired!
No Energy!
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SmokingIts not fun!

• Harder to take part in Physical Activity
• Cant play as long

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Affects your sense of taste and smell
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Smokingcan even make you sick!
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Its not good for your heart or lungs!
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• Good Lung

Bad Lung
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The Health Effects!

• Affects EVERY part of your body
• Hair
• Brain
• Eyes
• Mouth breath and teeth
• Yellow skin and wrinkles
• Difficulty in breathing (Asthma, etc).
• Serious Diseases

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SmokingIts not Pretty!

• Wrinkles
• Yellow teeth fingers
• Brittle hair nails
• Acne longer to heal
• Tooth decay oral cancer

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Second-Hand Smoke
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Second-Hand Smoke

• allergic reactions,
• headaches,
• breathing problems,
• ear aches,
• eye soreness,
• asthma attacks
• And some of the same
• diseases that smoking causes.

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Second-Hand Smoke

• If you can smell it,
• its dangerous!

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Why Do People Start to Smoke?

• Curious experimenting
• Peer Pressure
• Parents or friends smoke
• Looks cool
• Want to fit in
• What are other reasons?

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You Can Help!

• Never start to smoke - promise to stay smoke free
• Speak Up! Say NO!
• Ask others to not smoke around you
• Help friends to choose not to smoke
• Help parents and friends to quit

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Saying NO to Smoking

• 90 of youth who smoke 2 cigarettes or more, go
  on to be smokers for most of their life.
• Smoking is not popular most people dont smoke

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Saying NO to Smoking

• Give a reason or excuse
• I have allergies. I cant because I play
  sports.
• No thanks
• Broken record
• No. No. No. I said No.
• Walk away
• Avoid the situation
• I have other plans right now.

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Saying NO to Smoking

• Cold shoulder
• Ignore them. Go talk with other friends.
• Reverse the pressure
• I dont want to I cant believe you do.
• Strength in numbers
• Everyone knows says its bad for you.
• Be Funny
• Youve got to be joking. Smoking Sucks!

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Choosing Not To Smoke Means That
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I will be able to breath better!
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My Heart WillBe Stronger!
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I will be able to play and exercise longer and
more often!
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My clothes and breath will smell better!
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I will be able to smell and taste better!
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I will live a longer and healthier life!
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when you cant breathe nothing else matters!
Remember
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For More Information

• Teachers, adults, family, friends
• Smokers Helpline
• for information on how to quit, how to say NO,
  statistics, other resources
• Websites
• www.smokershelp.net
• www.smokingsucks.ca
• www.gohealthy.ca

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Questions Answers
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Stay Healthy Love Your Lungs!