Tobacco Free: The Best Choice

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Tobacco Free The Best Choice

• Benefits of saying no to tobacco
• Healthy skin
• Fresh breath
• Save money
• Better health
• Fewer allergies
• Better smelling clothes and hair
• More energy and endurance
• Honesty toward parents and friends

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Kicking The Habit

• Former smokers may have withdrawal symptoms.
• Nervousness
• Moodiness
• Sleep problems
• Hunger
• Cravings for nicotine

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Kicking The Habit

• Tips for quitting
• Make a list of reasons for quitting and read it
  when a urge comes on.
• Set small goals.
• Avoid other smokers.
• Change habits linked to smoking.
• Learn stress relieving techniques.
• Engage in physical activities.

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Kicking The Habit

• Programs that help people stop using tobacco.
• Cold turkey or just stop using.
• Support groups
• American Lung Association
• American Heart Association
• American Cancer Society
• Nicotine gum or patches

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How Tobacco Affects Nonsmokers

• Secondhand smoke-air contaminated by tobacco
  smoke.
• Mainstream smoke-smoke a smoker inhales and
  exhales.
• Sidestream smoke-smoke that comes from the
  burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar.
• This smoke contains twice the tar and nicotine as
  mainstream smoke because it is not filtered.

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How Tobacco Affects Nonsmokers

• Passive smokers-nonsmokers who breath in
  secondhand smoke.
• Leads to respiratory problems and lung cancer.
• Irritates nose and throat.
• Causes itch, watery eyes as well as headaches and
  coughing.
• Each year 53,000 people die of passive smoking.

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Risks To Children And Unborn Babies

• Dangers to the unborn
• Miscarriage
• Still birth
• Low birth weight.

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Risks To Children And Unborn Babies

• Dangers to infants and children.
• Three times as likely to die of SIDS.
• More likely to have allergies.
• Asthma
• Chronic bronchitis
• Ear infections
• Heart problems

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Rights Of Nonsmokers

• Nonsmokers have the right to breath smoke free
  air.
• They also have the right to work, eat and
  socialize in clean air.