Smoking

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Smoking

• By Elizabeth
• 
  
  
• This is a picture of a
  
  This is what your
• Lung with cancer
  
  Lung should
• Caused by cigarette smoke
  
  Look like.

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Why Do it?

• Smoking, it is dangerous to you and those around
  you. So if youre a nonsmoker stay away from
  those who do smoke because second hand smoke is
  actually more dangerous than smoking yourself
  because you are actually taking in all of the
  smoke.

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Smoking Statistics.

• In the United States, an estimated 25.5 million
  men (24.1 percent) and 21.5 million women (19.2
  percent) are smokers. These people are at higher
  risk of heart attack and stroke. The latest
  estimates for persons age 18 and older show...
• Among non-Hispanic whites, 24.3 percent of men
  and 21.2 percent of women smoke (2002). 
• Among non-Hispanic blacks, 25.5 percent of men
  and 18.3 percent of women smoke.
• Among Hispanics, 22.1 percent of men and 10.3
  percent of women smoke.
• Among Asians (only), 17.5 percent of men and 6.5
  percent of women smoke.
• Among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 42.0
  percent of men and 37.3 percent of women smoke.
• Studies show that smoking prevalence is higher
  among those with 9-11 years of education (35.4
  percent) compared with those with more than 16
  years of education (11.6 percent). It's highest
  among persons living below the poverty level
  (33.3 percent).
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  National Health Survey 2003

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What you may find in cigarettes.

• Benzene (petrol additive)
• Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
• Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
• Acetone (nail polish remover)
• Tar
• Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)
• Arsenic (rat poison),
• Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)
• Nicotine

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Face the Facts.

• Every 8 seconds, someone in the world dies from a
  smoking-related disease.
• About 90 of lung cancer deaths among women who
  continue to smoke are tobacco related.
• Smoking during pregnancy results in the deaths of
  about 900 infants every year in the U.S.
• Because of the tobacco industrys products, about
  339 people in the U.S. die of lung cancer every
  day.
• In the U.S., about 440,000 people die a
  tobacco-related death every year.
• Today, in the U.S., tobacco products will kill
  about 1,200 people.
• On its website, one tobacco company lists cancer
  services as one of the community programs they
  support. Yet they continue to make a product that
  leads to 339 deaths from lung cancer each day.
• Cigarettes and other smoking materials are the
  number one cause of fire deaths in the U.S.
• In 1985, one tobacco vice president said in
  reference to smoking-related deaths, People die
  in their beds, therefore, should we ban sleep?

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Face the facts continued.

• About 1/3 of youth smokers will eventually die
  from a tobacco-related disease.
• By the year 2020, tobacco is projected to kill
  about 10 million people a year worldwide.
• Tobacco kills more Americans than auto accidents,
  homicide, AIDS, drugs and fires combined.
• In the U.S., about 50,000 people die each year
  from secondhand-smoke-related disease.
• Every year, cigarettes leave about 12,000 kids
  motherless.
• Every year, cigarettes leave about 31,000 kids
  fatherless.
• Soups, cereals and other products we consume have
  to list ingredients on their labels, but
  cigarettes, a product that kills a third of its
  users, are not required to list any of the 599
  possible additives.
• Maternal smoking during pregnancy and exposure to
  secondhand smoke in infancy doubles the risk of
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

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How to quit.

• If you do smoke dont be embarrassed to ask for
  help there is nothing wrong with it.
• Here is some ways to quit
• Patches
• Gum
• Programs
• Even consult your doctor.

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Diseases caused by smoking.

• Heart diseases
• Coronary heart disease
• Atherosclerosis - fatty deposits in the
  arteries which can lead to strokes peripheral
  vascular disease, gangrene, and aneurisms
• Buerger's disease, which can lead to
  gangrene.
• Cancers
• Lung
• Mouth, nose and throat
• Larynx
• Esophagus
• Pancreas
• Bladder
• Stomach
• Myeloid leukemia
• Kidney.

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Diseases Caused By Smoking Continued.

• Respiratory
• Chronic bronchitis, emphysema
  and other lung diseases
• Recurrent infections in the
  airways
• Damage and loss of efficiency
  in the lungs.
• Other Disorders
• Peptic ulcers (ulcers in
  the stomach and duodenum) - increase both in
  incidence and the time they take
  to heal
• Tobacco amblyopia (defective vision) and
  other eye diseases such as cataract
• Reduced fertility.

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Do you want your friends and family to feel the
same way too?

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• Do you hear that? Its Nicotine calling. Hang up.
  

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Thank You

• Raze
• Tatu
• www.truthfound.com
• http//www.quit-smoking-stop.com
• http//www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact02.
  html
• http//www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?ident
  ifier4559
• http//www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm
• http//www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/cat.php?catid912
  docid7328
• www.keepkidsfromsmoking.com
• www.quitnet.com