The Harmful Effects of Smoking Tobacco

Written and Created By

Morgan Weiss

Smoking starts hurting your body right away

 From the first puff,  Nicotine is addictive and

smoking raises your blood pressure and makes your heart beat faster. It may not be a concern now, but it puts you at the risk for cancer and heart disease later in life.

reaches your brain in seven seconds. Over four million youths between the ages of 12 and 17 are smokers. The addiction isnt easy to over come. The easiest way to stop smoking is to choose not to smoke.

Smoking causes more deaths every year than alcohol, car accidents, AIDS, suicide, homicides, fires, cocaine/crack and heroin combined. Over 440,000 people die each year in the united states from smoking cigarettes. 3,000 teen start smoking each day. Of the 3,000 children who smoke their first cigarette:  23 will be murdered  30 will be killed in traffic accidents  Nearly 750 teens will die from smoking related diseases.

Immediate Reasons to Stop:

Bad breath Staining of teeth Chronic coughing Sore throat Increased heart rate Risk of exposing people around you to secondhand smoke Risk of fines

Long-Term Reasons to stop:

Cancer Heart disease Gum disease Pre-term births in pregnant woman Increased risk of stomach ulcers Increased wrinkles in the skin Breathing problems

Every cigarette steals seven minutes of a smokers life-adding up to five million years of potential life lost to cigarettes each year. Every 13 seconds, someone in the word dies from a tobacco-related illness.

COSTS
   

One pack of cigarettes costs about $7.00. Smoking a pack a day for a month costs, $210. Smoking for a year could cost $2,555.

$12,775. WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH $12,775 IF YOU

If you smoke for 5 years, you could spend STOPPED SMOKING NOW?

Thinking of picking up a cigarette? Trying to come up with reasons to quit? Well, feast your eyes on this menu of tasty ingredients in cigarettes

                 

Acetone (nail polish remover) Acetic Acid (vinegar) Ammonia (floor and toilet cleaner) Arsenic (poison) Butane (cigarette lighter fluid) Cadmium (rechargeable batteries) Carbon Monoxide (car exhaust fumes) DDT (insecticide) Ethanol (alcohol) Formaldehyde (preserver for bodies and tissues) Hexamine (barbecue lighter) Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison) Methane (swamp gas) Methanol (rocket fuel) Naphthalene (mothballs) Nitrobenzene (gasoline additive) Nitrous Oxide Phenols (disinfectant) Stearic Acid (candle wax) Toluene (industrial solvent)

WAYS TO HELP YOU QUIT SMOKING:



Set a quit date of 2 to 4 weeks from now. Start to inhale less deeply and as each day passes smoke fewer cigarettes. Try to wait longer before lighting up. Exercise more and stay in places that have no smoking rules. Think about the influence you have on younger people. Be a positive role model.