Aim: What effects does tobacco have on the body?

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Tobacco Facts

In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually, or about 438,000 deaths per year

Secondhand smoke causes 3,000 lung cancer and 35,000 heart disease deaths each year.

Twenty-three percent of high school students in the United States are current cigarette smokers—23% of females and 22.9% of males.

Babies have a higher chance of SIDS when mothers smoke during pregnancy

Tobacco Facts

An estimated, 20.8% of all adults (45.3 million people) smoke cigarettes in the United States.

Cigarette smoking estimates by age are as follows: 18–24 years (23.9%), 25–44 years (23.5%), 45–64 years (21.8%), and 65 years or older (10.2%).

Babies have a higher chance of SIDS when mothers smoke during pregnancy

Short-term effects

Increase heart rate Increase blood pressure Bad breath Coughing Lower body temperature in extremities Hands shake Dizziness Causes hands and hair to smell bad

Long-term effects

Increase risk of lung diseases Emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis

Increase risk of heart disease Increase risk of cancer Daily smokers live an average of 8 yrs less Physical and psychological addiction Yellow teeth and fingers Wrinkled skin

How to quit

nicotine gum patches therapy discussion groups hypnotism 311 Smokefree.gov Keep other things around instead of cigarettes.

Try carrots, pickles, sunflower seeds, apples, celery, raisins, or sugar free gum

Withdrawal

restlessness excessively hungry frustration, anger difficulty concentrating loss of energy/fatigue dizziness stomach or bowel problems headaches sweating insomnia heart palpitations tremors

http://www.smokefree.gov/quit-smoking/nicotine_addiction.asp