TOP 10 REASONS TO QUIT SMOKING

I want to have children. I want to reduce my chances of having heart attack, stroke or getting lung Cancer. I will have better smelling clothes, hair, breath and room. I will have lesser wrinkles. I will be free from morning coughs. I will have more energy. I will treat myself with the money I save from not buying cigarettes. I will have more control over my life.

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Smoking also causes and exacerbates many other medical conditions, including: Strokes

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Eye Disease Gum Disease Skin Ageing Peptic (Stomach) Ulcers Impotence Infertility Asthma High Blood Pressure

What is in a Cigarette?
Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemicals, which are present as either gases or as tiny particles. Many are poisonous and over 50 are known to cause cancer. The three main components are:

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17.3M -Estimated number of Filipinos aged 15 and older who smoke. 70 -Estimated number of carcinogens, or cancercausing ingredients, contained in a cigarette stick. 13.8M -Estimated number of Filipinos aged 15 and older who smoke every day. P326.4 -Average amount of money spent monthly on cigarettes 10.6 -Average number of cigarettes smoked per day by daily cigarette smokers in the Philippines. 36.9% -Percentage of Filipino adult workers who said they were exposed to tobacco smoke in enclosed areas in their work places 2 of 5 -Estimated proportion of Filipino students who live in homes where other people smoke 71% -Percentage of lung cancer deaths in the world that can be attributed to tobacco.

Nicotine - the highly addictive drug which

increases heart rate and blood pressure as well as affecting the mood and behavior of the smoker.

Carbon Monoxide - a poisonous gas which

attaches itself to the red blood cells in the body, reducing the amount of oxygen carried in the bloodstream.

Tar - the sticky brown substance which stains

fingers and teeth. About 70% of the tar in the smoke stays in the lungs. It is a mixture of many different irritants and cancer causing chemicals, including:

Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when used entirely as intended.

Arsenic - a deadly poison used in

insecticides Benzene - used as a solvent in petrol Cyanide - a deadly poison used in gas chambers Formaldehyde - used to preserve dead

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bodies Toluene - used as a solvent in paint.