1. Tobacco Facts
The most avoidable cause of death in the United States is Cigarette Smoking
80% of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking
Heart disease is 70% higher for smokers than nonsmokers
50,000 nonsmokers die from exposure to tobacco smoke each year

2. Chemicals of Tobacco Tobacco contains more than 4,000 chemical
More than 401 of these chemicals are poisonous and 43 are carcinogens
(cyanide, insecticide, fingernail polish remover, rat poisoning & formaldehyde)
What are carcinogens?
- cancer causing substances

3. 3 most dangerous chemicals
Tar: solid material in tobacco that condenses into a thick liquid
Causes destruction of the cilia and respiratory disease
What is Cilia? The bronchial tubes are lined with tiny hairs
Cilia sweeps away agents that causes disease
Nicotine: the addictive chemical found in tobacco
Psychoactive chemical, chemical everyone gets hooked on, without nicotine, the body would go through physical withdrawals.
Carbon Monoxide: a poisonous gas released by burning tobacco
It interferes with the bloods ability to carry oxygen, causes shortness of breath

4. 1st time smokers Leads to many different types of symptoms:
Rapid pulse
Cold clammy skin
Lightheadedness
Vomiting & diarrhea

5. Smoking and disease
Cancer: a disease caused by cells that have lost normal growth controls, they invade and destroy healthy tissue.
Cancer can happen everywhere in the body
One major type of cancer is lung cancer
Every year, 120,000 Americans die from this disease
Other cancers include: larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas

6. Respiratory Diseases
Chronic Bronchitis: inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs and the production of excessive mucus
- you wake up coughing and spitting up mucus
- can lead to emphysema
Emphysema: the tiny air sacs of the lungs lose their elasticity
- these air sacs absorb oxygen coming into the body and help push carbon dioxide out of the body
- shortness of breath, and you can’t breath without the help of a special oxygen tank

7. Mothers That Smoke There is a greater risk of miscarriage
The baby might be born to early
Low birth weight or other serious health problems
Great chance of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
Fathers who smoke can still affect the fetus/newborn
Baby receives nicotine from the mother’s breast milk

8. Risks of Passive Smoke
A burning cigarette releases two types of smoke:
Mainstream smoke: smoke passes through the tobacco and filter when the smoker inhales
Sidestream smoke: smoke rises from the cigarette during the time the smoke is not inhaled
75% of the smoke that comes from a burning cigarette is sidestream smoke (enters the environment)
A person who inhales the sidestream smoke of a cigarette is a Passive Smoker (SHS)
Sidestream smoke contains twice as much tar and nicotine, and three times as much carbon monoxide as mainstream smoke
Many new laws have been passed to protect the public from the danger of passive smoking

9. Quitting Just Say No: “No thanks.”
Out of Sync: “It’s just not my thing.”
Change the Subject: “Let’s play basketball instead.”
A Thousand Times No: Just keep saying “no,” no matter what, or “What part of my ‘no’ didn’t you understand?”

10. Here’s My Reason: “I’m on the swimming team
Here’s My Reason: “I’m on the swimming team. I need all the air I can get.”
I Have a Choice: “I choose not to use tobacco.”
Assert Yourself: “No! And please don’t smoke around me either.” or “You want to smoke, fine. I don’t want to.”