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Smoking

Smoking. By: Julie Cleary Technology Applications in Education. Contents:. 1. Info About Smokers 2. Why People Start Smoking 3. Facts About Smoking 4. The Harmful Ingredients in Cigarettes 5. Surgeon General Warnings 6. Phillip Morris Inc. Statements and Warnings

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Smoking

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  1. Smoking By: Julie Cleary Technology Applications in Education

  2. Contents: • 1. Info About Smokers • 2. Why People Start Smoking • 3. Facts About Smoking • 4. The Harmful Ingredients in Cigarettes • 5. Surgeon General Warnings • 6. Phillip Morris Inc. Statements and Warnings • 7. Heart Diseases Associated With Smoking • 8. Lung Diseases Associated With Smoking • 9. Different types of Cancers Associated With Smoking • 10. The Cost of Smoking • 11. The BEST Way to Quit Smoking

  3. SMOKERS • In 2004, 22% of high school students were current smokers. • Only about 20-30% of women who smoke stop smoking when they find out that they are pregnant. . www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39853

  4. Why people start smoking • To look older • To look cool • To fit in with other smokers. • To help them relax • To be rebellious • Because of Peer Pressure • Because their parents or older • siblings do it • To keep their weight down

  5. Facts about smoking • Can Shorten a persons lifespan • Causes wrinkles, yellow stained teeth, bad skin, bad breath, and loss of bone density • Can Cause infertility problems in both men and women • Smoking is very addictive and increases risk of illness www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&lic=44&article_set=20396

  6. F a c t • In the United States alone, cigarette smoke is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, resulting in approximately 438,000 deaths a year. www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39853

  7. Some of the Harmful Ingredients in Cigarettes • Chromium • Arsenic • Nicotine • Cadmium 5. Toluene www.quitsmokinghub.com/cigarette_ingredients.shtml

  8. Addiction • Smoking is addictive because tobacco contains nicotine. • Like heroin or other addictive drugs, the body and mind quickly become so used to the nicotine in cigarettes that a person needs to have it just to feel normal. www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&lic=44&article_set=20396

  9. Some statements made by Phillip Morris Inc. • “Smoking is dangerous and • addictive.” • “We agree with the overwhelming • medical and scientific fact that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other serious diseases. Smokers are far more likely to develop serious diseases, like lung cancer, than non-smokers. There is no such thing as a safe cigarette. These are and have been the messages of public health authorities world wide. Smokers and potential smokers should rely on these messages in making all smoking related decisions.” www.philipmorrisinternational.com/PMINTL/pages/eng/smoking/Health_effects.asp

  10. Public Warnings Phillip Morris International Publically advertises the Harmful effects of smoking to the public with the media, and by placing Surgeon General Warnings on every pack of cigarettes.

  11. Cigarette Advertisements

  12. Heart Diseases Associated with Smoking • Hypertension • Congestive Heart Failure • Coronary Heart Disease • Blocked Blood Vessels • Strokes www.intheknowzone.com/tobacco/Iterm.htm

  13. Lung Diseases Associated with Smoking • Emphysema • Chronic Bronchitis www.intheknowzone.com/tobacco/Iterm.htm

  14. Cancers Associated with Smoking • Lung • Larynx • Throat • Mouth • Pancreas • Stomach • Kidney • Bladder www.intheknowzone.com/tobacco/Iterm.htm

  15. Smokers pay the price • Smoking can cost up to $1200 a year, depending on the brand of cigarettes • Suppose a person smokes for twenty years…. 1200 x 20 = $24,000.oo • Imagine what people could do with the money they spend on cigarettes

  16. The Best Way to Quit Smoking! • There is no BEST way to quit! • Different strategies work better for different individuals. • Quitting only works when someone is prepared to quit. • Three important steps in quitting are: 1. Be realistic! 2. Know the need to quit! 3. Take quitting one day at a time! www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoking_cessation.htm

  17. Works Cited (2001). Long Term Effects of Smoking. Retrieved February 10, 2007, from http://www.intheknowzone.com/tobacco/lterm.htm (2007). Smoking 101 Fact Sheet. Retrieved from http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=39853 (2006). Cigarette Smoking: Health Issues for Smokers. Retrieved February 10, 2007, from http://www.philipmorrisinternational.com/PMINTL/pages/eng/smoking/Health_effects.asp (2007). Why Cigarette Ingredients Cause Cancer.. Retrieved on February 10, 2007, from http://www.quitsmokinghub.com/cigarette_ingredients.shtml (2001). Smoking Cessation/Quit Smoking. Retrieved February 10th, 2007, from http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoking_cessation.htm (1995). Smoking. Retrieved on February 10, 2007, from http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&lic=44article_set=20396 (2007). Google Images. Retrieved on February 10, 2007, from http://www.google.com

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