1. What do they have in common? Walk around the room and try to determine what every card has in common. Remember to read the front and back of each card for clues.

3. Tobacco contains more than 4,000 harmful chemicals including: Carbon MonoxideFormaldehyde MercuryMethanolButane AcetoneAmmoniaArsenic Vinyl Chloride Hydrogen Cyanide

4. 1/3 of people who start smoking as a teenager will die prematurely from tobacco related illness

5. One adult dies every 13 seconds from a smoking-related disease

6. Each time you smoke a cigarette it takes eight minutes off your life

7. Since tobacco smoke contains some radioactive elements, waiters and waitresses inhale radiation equivalent to 250 chest x- rays in a year

8. Pneumonia, recurrent ear infections, throat infections, sinusitis, bronchitis, coughing, and a permanent decrease in lung function are 80% more common in teens who breathe second-hand smoke, as well as poor school performance and learning disabilities

9. 1.Addiction: nicotine 2.Wrinkles: loss of blood flow to skin 3.Cataracts: can cause blindness 4.Mouth cancer: tongue, lips, bad breath 5. Skin damage: yellow fingers and nails 6. Throat cancer: 4/5 cases of esophagus cancer are caused by smoking

11. 7.Psoriasis: smokers are twice as likely to get this red and silver rash 8.Heart Disease: within one minute of your first puff on a cigarette, your heart starts to beat faster. Your blood vessels clamp down, raising your blood pressure and forcing your heart to work harder 9. Lung Disease: smokers are 20% more likely to die from lung cancer, lung capacity decreases, may develop asthma or emphysema 10.Stomach Ulcers: smokers are more prone to ulcers and have a increased risk of chronic bowl disease

12. Called the Clean Indoor Air Act, the legislation prohibits smoking in a public place or a workplace. Among the major exemptions are bars and taverns with food sales totaling 20 percent or less, private clubs, cigar bars and adult-care facilities. Under the legislation, smoking will be prohibited in 75 percent of sleeping quarters in lodging establishments and 75 percent of casino floors must remain smoke-free. That can be decreased to 50 percent with evidence of lost revenue by machine