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Everything you need to know about SMOKING. Dr Matthew Evison. Dry tobacco leaves. Tobacco plants. Tobacco + chemicals. Cigarettes. How may chemicals are in cigarette smoke?. 5000 chemicals. Ammonia. Acetone. Cyanide (poison gas World war II). Cadmium (Car battery). Benzene (petrol).
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Everything you need to know about SMOKING Dr Matthew Evison
Dry tobacco leaves Tobacco plants Tobacco + chemicals Cigarettes
How may chemicals are in cigarette smoke? 5000 chemicals
Ammonia Acetone
Cyanide (poison gas World war II) Cadmium (Car battery)
Benzene (petrol)
Healthy lungs Smoker’s lungs
£3,376 every year 45 boxes £9.25 How much does it cost to smoke?? 16 XBOX
102 visits to Alton Towers Family trip to Disneyland EVERY YEAR!! https://youtu.be/Dro7s_rcitI
Why would anyone smoke??? Addiction Nicotine
Curiosity • Friends are doing it • Be like others • Act like a grown up • Do something the grown ups say not to!
Films & sport Hidden messages about smoking everywhere….
E-cigarettes (Electronic cigarettes) • Not made from tobacco • Less chemicals than cigarettes • Not safe! • Nicotine liquid – Addictive • Help adult smokers to stop using cigarettes • Might lead to smoking in children
What if someone I know smokes? • What if someone I know smokes: • You can share the information you’ve learnt today • Understand that it is very hard to stop smoking but………. • There is LOTS OF HELP to stop smoking • Doctors and nurses can help – medicines that help people stop wanting to smoke • Ask for help!