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Title: Rob Hennessy


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  • Rob Hennessy

Smoking
9th Grade Health
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How it Starts
  • Tobacco contains nicotine.
  • Nicotine is a very addictive drug.
  • Nicotine makes smoking a very hard habit to kick.

This could be you if you choose to smoke.
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Reasons Why People Smoke
  • Stress at home/work
  • Weight control
  • Peer pressure
  • Experimentation

Stress at work
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Who Smokes???
  • American Indians/Alaska Natives 32.4
  • African Americans 23.0
  • Whites 21.9
  • Hispanics 15.2
  • Asian Americans 10.4

Be Like Mike NOT!!
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Dangers of Smoking
  • 390,000 American die from the effects of smoking
    annually.
  • Smokers have more than twice the risk of having a
    heart attack.
  • Smokers have two to four times the chance of
    going into cardiac arrest.
  • A pregnant woman who smokes increases her baby's
    chances of infant crib death.

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Dangers of Smoking Cont.
  • A smoker inhales a substance containing 43
    cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds.
  • Smoking increases the level of carbon monoxide
    in the lungs.
  • About 87 of lung cancer deaths are caused by
    smoking.

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How Smoking Can Harm You
  • Heart Disease
  • Lung Cancer
  • Emphysema
  • Heart Attacks
  • Stroke
  • Bronchitis

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Smoking Its Effect on Others
  • A.K.A Secondhand smoke, Environmental Tobacco
    Smoke (ETS), or Passive Smoke.
  • Contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic
    or carcinogenic
  • Causes approximately 3,400 lung cancer deaths.
  • Adults who dont smoke can get lung cancer from
    secondhand smoke.

Scary huh?
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