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Smoking Statistics
•Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 toxic substances, many of which are known to cause cancer in humans
•Nicotine dependency through cigarette smoking is the most common form of drug addiction and causes more death and disease than all other addictions combined.
•Forty percent of teenagers who smoke daily have tried to quit and failed.
Constituents of tobacco smoke
•Tar
•Nicotine
•Carbon Monoxide
•Nitrogen Oxides
•Hydrogen Cyanide and other ciliatoxic agents
•Metals
•Radioactive Compounds
•Agricultural Chemicals
•Flavors and other additives
Tar
The particulate matter inhaled by a smoker from a lighted cigarette. In its condensate form, tar is a sticky brown substance which stains smokers’ teeth, fingers, and lung tissue yellow brown.
Nicotine
Nicotine is among the most toxic of all poisons. The average lethal dose is between 30 to 60 mg.
Carbon Monoxide
In large amounts, carbon monoxide is rapidly fatal. It has many toxic effects, but the most important is its impairment of oxygen transportation in the blood.
Nitrogen Oxides
Causes lung cancer and leads to emphysema.
Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide is usually used as a poison in gas chambers. Has a direct lethal effect on the cilia, hindering the natural clearing mechanism of the lung.
Other Ciliatoxic Agents:
Acrolein
Ammonia: used in typical household cleaners
Nitrogen Dioxide
Formaldehyde: used to embalm dead bodies
Metals: (30 metals have been detected in cigarette smoke)
Arsenic: usually used in rat poison
Cadmium: found in batteries and in artists’ oil paint
Chromium: associated with cancer in humans
Nickel
Radioactive Compounds:
Polonium-210: radiation dosage equal to 300 chest X-rays in one year
Potassium-40
Radium-226 and Radium-228
Thorium-228
Other chemicals:
Acetic Acid: hair dye and developer.
Acetone: main ingredient in paint and fingernail (polish) remover
Benzene: rubber cement
Hydrazine: used in jet and rocket fuels
Phenol: used in disinfectants and plastics
Styrene: found in insulation material
Toluene: embalmers glue
Vinyl Chloride: ingredient found in garbage bags
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Oesophageal Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Anal Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Vulval Cancer
Penile Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Renal Parenchymal Cancer
Renal Pelvic Cancer
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Pulmonary Circulation Disease
Cardiac Dysrhythmias
Heart Failure
Stroke
Disease
Arteriosclerosis
Pneumonia
COPD
Peptic Ulcer
Crohn’s Disease
Ulcerative Colitis
Low Birth weight
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Fire Injuries
Smoke, Why Not?
Health Reasons:
•Avoid premature death
•Avoid diseases
•Stay physically fit / stay athletic, do sports
Economic Reasons:
•Avoid an unnecessary expense (40 to 100 pesos per pack)
•Use your money for other things
Social Reasons:
•Be socially accepted (some people don’t like smokers)
•Be considerate (smoking affects others around you with second-hand smoke)
•Be respectable – show will-power and maturity
•Be attractive (smoking causes yellowing of teeth and fingers, bad breath, unattractive coughing, foul-smelling clothes, impotence in males)
Avoid addiction