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TOBACCO
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SMOKING FACTS
• Each day in the U.S., approximately 3,900 kids aged 12-17 try their first cigarette. (1,423,500/year)
• If current trends continue, 6.4 MILLION of today’s kids will end up dying from a smoking related disease.
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WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM?
…why can’t they just quit?
– several studies have found
nicotine to be similar to heroin, cocaine & alcohol in terms of its addictive quality (VERY high)
Addiction to nicotine
– 55% of teen smokers have UNSUCCESSFULLY tried to quit during the last year.
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OKAY. So it’s “addictive”
So what?
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Healthy Lung vs. Smokers Lung
this is a problem!
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING
Smoking related diseases
• Cancers
- lung
- mouth
- pharynx
- esophagus - bladder
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING
• Heart Disease #1 cause of death in the U.S.
• Stroke-brain cells do not receive adequate amounts of O2
smoking related diseases cont.
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WHY WOULD ANYONE
CHOOSE TO DO
SOMETHING THAT IS SO HARMFUL TO THEIR
BODY?
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING
• Emphysema - victims can no longer inhale or exhale due because their lungs cannot expand or contract
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Emphysema continued…
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Emphysema continued…
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But it’s cool…and it relaxes me.
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Is this cool? Really?
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING
Smoking related diseases eventually lead to DEATH….
• it is estimated that 400,000 tobacco related deaths occur each year in the USA.
(4.2 million worldwide)
• smoking is the #1 most preventable cause of death in the world.
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING
2. smoking related diseases continued….
• The World Health Organization reports that TOBACCO KILLS more people each year than AIDS, illegal & legal drugs, roadway accidents, murder & suicide ….COMBINED!
& even those who don’t smoke can die!!!
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SECOND HAND SMOKE
a.k.a. “sidestream” smoke
- 6 million youth exposed daily
- 10 million 12-18 year olds live with at least one smoker.
-can cause cancer, asthma & other respiratory diseases
- laws now in effect to limit the risks for others … restaurants, bars, etc.
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SO… WHY DO WE USE THIS STUFF???
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DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION?
NOPE!
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On top of all of this, smoking is CRAZY EXPENSIVE!
“The average smoker burns through 13 to 16 cigarettes a day, or four to six packs a week. That adds up. The average smoker forks over at least $1,500 a year, while here in New York City, it's closer to $3,300.”
Source: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/09/22/cigarettes-cost-poor-quarter-income-spending/
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or don’t start if you haven’t!