1. UC Irvine School of Medicine Your Lungs, Smoking and Your Health Dr. Jennifer (Declan’s Mom) May 20, 2010 Discover.Teach.Heal

2. UC Irvine School of Medicine Anatomy! Air in thru your nose (nasopharynx) And thru your mouth (oropharynx) Down your trachea To your lungs via bronchi To alveoli (Oxygen moves into red blood cells)

3. UC Irvine School of Medicine Alveoli You have 500 million alveoli Healthy alveoli have thin walls so oxygen can move into your blood

4. UC Irvine School of Medicine Muscles ‘pull’ air into your lungs

5. UC Irvine School of Medicine Take a deep breath!

6. UC Irvine School of Medicine Real lungs: Like a balloon

7. UC Irvine School of Medicine Breathing Math Each breath = 1 soda can of air 24 breaths every minute = 2600 gallons/day A million gallons every year!

8. UC Irvine School of Medicine Healthy Lungs Stay Clean

9. UC Irvine School of Medicine You have built in air filters! 1: Nose hairs 2: Sweeping brooms in your trachea 3: Pac-Men in your lungs

10. UC Irvine School of Medicine Smoking hurts Lungs! 1. Hurts your built-in air filters 2. Smoke collects in your lungs 3. Makes scar tissue in your lungs 4. Damages alveoli 5. Causes cancer!

11. UC Irvine School of Medicine Cigarette Smoke contains: Tar Nicotine Carbon monoxide 4000 other toxic chemicals More than 40 things that cause cancer

12. UC Irvine School of Medicine Smoking causes lung cancer Non-Smoker Cancer in a Smoker’s lung

13. UC Irvine School of Medicine Smoking causes emphysema Smoke damages alveoli Fewer alveoli = less ability to breathe No fun to be short of breath all the time…..

14. UC Irvine School of Medicine Smoking hurts your blood vessels

15. UC Irvine School of Medicine All tobacco is bad for you!

16. UC Irvine School of Medicine Even smokeless tobacco causes cancer Non smoker Tongue cancer from chewing tobacco

17. UC Irvine School of Medicine Keep your body healthy. Don’t ever smoke!