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Quit Smoking
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:53 am
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Smoking is one of the worst things kids or adults can do to
their bodies. Yet every single day nearly 4,400 kids between the
ages 12 and 17 start smoking. Why? There's more than just one
simple answer. Some kids may start smoking just because they're
curious. Others may like the idea of doing something dangerous -
something grown-ups don't want them to do. Still others might
have grown up around lots of people who smoke and they might
think it's the way to act like an adult.
You've probably heard that smoking and tobacco use can cause
cancer and heart disease. That's true, but sometimes kids can't
really think that far into the future to worry about an illness
they might not get for 20 years. So let's talk about the
problems that might affect kids more quickly:
bad breath
yellow teeth
smelly clothes
more colds and coughs
difficulty keeping up with friends when playing sports
empty wallet - cigarettes and tobacco products are very
expensive!
Let's find out more about cigarettes and tobacco.
What Are Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco?
Tobacco (say: tuh-ba-ko) is a plant that can be smoked in
cigarettes, pipes, or cigars. It's the same plant that's in
smokeless tobacco, known as dip, chew, snuff, spit, or chewing
tobacco. Smokeless tobacco is not lit and breathed in like
tobacco in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Instead, smokeless
tobacco is put between the lip and gum and sucked on inside the
mouth.
Tobacco contains nicotine (say: nih-kuh-teen), a chemical that
causes a tingly or good feeling - but that feeling only lasts
for a little while. Nicotine is also addictive (say:
uh-dik-tiv). That means that if you start to use nicotine, your
body and mind will become so used to it that you'll need to have
it just to feel OK.
Anyone who starts smoking could become addicted to it. If you're
addicted to something, it's very hard to stop doing it, even if
you want to. That's why so many adults have a hard time quitting
smoking.
Why Is It So Bad for You?
Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco kill hundreds of thousands of
Americans every year. You know those rubber bracelets that were
created to bring attention to different causes? The Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids created a red one with the number 1,200 on it.
Why 1,200? That's the number of people who die each day due to
smoking.
The nicotine and other poisonous chemicals in tobacco cause lots
of diseases, like heart problems and some kinds of cancer. If
you smoke, you hurt your lungs and heart each time you light up.
It also can make it more difficult for blood to move around in
the body, so smokers may feel tired and cranky. The longer you
smoke, the worse the damage becomes.
The Other Cost of Smoking
Using tobacco eats up a lot of money, too. A pack of cigarettes
costs $4, on average. That means, even if you buy just one pack
a week, you'll spend $208 in a year. Some people smoke a pack a
day, which adds up to $1,460! That's a lot of CDs, computer
games, and clothes.
What's It Like?
Usually, people don't like smoking or chewing tobacco at first.
Your body is smart, and it knows when it's being poisoned. When
people try smoking for the first time, they often cough a lot
and feel pain or burning in their throat and lungs. This is your
lungs' way of trying to protect you and tell you to keep them
smoke free. Also, many people say that they feel sick to their
stomachs or even throw up. If someone accidentally swallows
chewing tobacco, they may be sick for hours. Yuck.
What if My Friend Smokes?
If you have a friend who smokes or uses tobacco, you can help
him or her by encouraging the person to quit. Here are some
reasons you can mention:
It will hurt his or her health.
It will make his or her breath stinky.
It will turn his or her teeth yellow.
It will give him or her less endurance when running or playing
sports.
It's expensive.
It's illegal to buy cigarettes when you're underage.
If you think it will help, you could print out articles like
this one for your friend. He or she may be interested in
learning more about the dangers of smoking. But the person also
could be a little angry. No one likes to hear that they're doing
something wrong. If your friend gets upset, don't push it too
much. In time, he or she may realize you are right.
In the meantime, it could help to talk with a parent or a school
counselor to say you're worried about your friend. When your
friend is ready, a grown-up can help him or her quit for good.
If your friend decides to quit, support him or her
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:54 am
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Smoking, inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning
tobacco. Leaves of the tobacco plant are smoked in various ways.
After a drying and curing process, they may be rolled into
cigars or shredded for insertion into smoking pipes. Cigarettes,
the most popular method of smoking, consist of finely shredded
tobacco rolled in lightweight paper. About 46 million people in
the United States smoke an estimated 420 billion cigarettes each
year.
Until the 1940s smoking was considered harmless, but laboratory
and clinical research has since confirmed that tobacco smoke
presents a hazard to health. Smoke from the average cigarette
contains around 4,000 chemicals, some of which are highly toxic
and at least 43 of which cause cancer. Nicotine, a major
constituent of tobacco smoke, is both poisonous and highly
addictive. According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is
the most preventable cause of death in America today.
II History
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European explorers who arrived in the Western Hemisphere in the
1500s observed Native Americans smoking tobacco plant leaves in
pipes. The colonists who followed them grew tobacco plants as a
cash crop for export, and smoking became part of European
culture by the 1600s. Most tobacco was consumed in pipes and
cigars or as snuff (finely pulverized tobacco inhaled into the
nostrils). This pattern changed by the early 20th century, by
which time smokers consumed more than 1,000 cigarettes per
capita each year in the United States and some European
countries. The general attitude of society was that smoking
relieved tension and produced no ill effects. During World War
II (1939-1945) American physicians endorsed sending soldiers
tobacco, and cigarettes were included in the field ration kits
of U.S. armed forces personnel until 1975.
Some scientists noticed, however, that lung cancer, which was
rare before the 20th century, had increased dramatically since
about 1930. The American Cancer Society and other organizations
initiated studies comparing deaths among smokers and nonsmokers
over a period of several years. All such studies found increased
mortality among smokers, both from cancer and other causes. In
addition, experimental studies in animals showed that many of
the chemicals contained in cigarette smoke are carcinogenic.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:54 am
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In 1962 the U.S. government appointed a panel of ten scientists
to study the available evidence concerning the health effects of
smoking. Their conclusions were included in the 1964 surgeon
general’s report, which stated that “cigarette smoking is a
health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to
warrant appropriate remedial action.” Smoking in adults,
measured as an average number of cigarettes smoked per year,
began to decline steadily after the 1964 report and has fallen
more than 40 percent since 1965.
III Health Effects of Smoking
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About 442,000 people in the United States die each year from
illnesses caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking accounts for
nearly 90 percent of lung cancer deaths. Additionally, smokers
are at increased risk for cancer of the larynx, oral cavity,
esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas.
One-third of smoking-related deaths are caused by coronary heart
disease or chronic airway obstruction. Smoking also increases
the risk of stroke by 50 percent—40 percent among men and 60
percent among women. Other research has shown that mothers who
smoke give birth more frequently to premature or underweight
babies, probably because of a decrease in blood flow to the
placenta. Babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy are
also at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome.
Cigar and pipe smoke contains the same toxic and carcinogenic
compounds found in cigarette smoke. A report by the National
Cancer Institute concluded that the mortality rates from cancer
of the mouth, throat, larynx, pharynx, and esophagus are
approximately equal in users of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.
Rates of coronary heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema, and
chronic bronchitis are elevated for cigar and pipe smokers and
are correlated to the amount of smoking and the degree of
inhalation.
Studies have found that cigarettes are addictive because an
unknown component of tobacco smoke appears to destroy an
important brain enzyme known as monoamine oxidase B (MAO B). The
enzyme is vital for breaking down excess amounts of dopamine, a
neurotransmitter that triggers pleasure-seeking behavior.
Smokers have decreased levels of MAO B and abnormally high
levels of dopamine, which may encourage the smoker to seek the
pleasure of more tobacco smoke.
Even nonsmokers are at risk from smoking. Recent research has
focused on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS)—that is, the effect of tobacco smoke on nonsmokers who
must share the same environment with a smoker. The United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that exposure to
ETS, which contains all the toxic agents inhaled by a smoker,
causes 3,000 lung cancer deaths and an estimated 35,000 deaths
from heart disease per year among nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke
can aggravate asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis, and impair
blood circulation.
The smoking habit and addiction to nicotine usually begin at an
early age. In the United States, more than 90 percent of adults
who smoke started by age 21, and nearly half of them were
regular smokers by the age of 18. Despite increasing warnings
about the health hazards of smoking and widespread bans on
smoking in public places, smoking remains common among teenagers
and young adults. In 2001 surveys of students in grades 9
through 12 found that more than 38 percent of male students and
nearly 30 percent of female students smoke. Although black
teenagers have the lowest smoking rates of any racial group,
cigarette smoking among black teens increased 80 percent in the
late 1990s. Advertisements aimed at a young audience are largely
blamed for this new generation of smokers.
IV Quitting Smoking
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Studies of former smokers show that their risk of dying from
smoking-related disease decreases with each year of abstinence.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), smokers who
quit smoking before the age of 50 reduce their risk of
life-threatening disease by half after just one year, compared
with those who continue smoking.
Other benefits of quitting smoking include more disposable
income, admission to social activities and institutions that ban
smoking, and often, lower health insurance premiums.
Nonetheless, to quit smoking is difficult, most likely because
smokers crave the effect of the nicotine in the smoke. The U.S.
surgeon general declared nicotine an addictive drug comparable
to other addictive substances, including cocaine, heroin, and
alcohol, in its ability to induce dependence. Overall, tobacco
smoking causes about 20 times the number of deaths in the United
States than all other addictive drugs combined.
Smoking cessation methods are plentiful, and many books and
products are available to help an individual stop smoking. Many
smokers turn to group help because of the support and
understanding provided by other former smokers or people trying
to quit. Most successful group-help techniques involve a
challenge and reward system that also bolsters the
self-discipline of the former smoker.
A number of nicotine replacement products are available to help
a person quit smoking. Nicotine patches are small,
nicotine-containing adhesive disks that must be applied to the
skin. The nicotine is slowly absorbed through the skin and
enters the bloodstream. Over time, a smoker uses nicotine
patches containing smaller and smaller doses of nicotine until
eventually the craving for nicotine ends. Nicotine gum works in
a similar manner, providing small doses of nicotine when chewed.
A nicotine nasal spray is a physician-prescribed spray that
relieves cravings for a cigarette by delivering nicotine to the
nasal membranes. Also available by prescription, the nicotine
inhaler looks like a cigarette; when puffed, the inhaler
releases nicotine into the mouth.
An approach combining three different smoking cessation
therapies has found remarkable success. This approach combines
an antidepressant drug called bupropin, marketed under the brand
name Zyban, with a nicotine replacement product and counseling.
While less than 25 percent of smokers who use nicotine
replacement products alone remain smoke-free for more than a
year, 40 to 60 percent of smokers using this combination
approach achieved this milestone.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:55 am
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In the United States, the first direct action to curb smoking
after the U.S. surgeon general’s 1964 report on smoking was
the mandate of a warning on cigarette packages by the Federal
Trade Commission. This warning took effect in 1964 and was
strengthened in 1969 to read: “Warning: The Surgeon General
Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your
Health.” A stronger sequence of four alternative warnings was
developed in 1984. In 1971 all cigarette advertising was banned
from radio and television, and cities and states passed laws
requiring nonsmoking sections in public places and workplaces.
This trend has continued and smoking is now banned at the
federal and state levels in most government buildings and in
many private businesses. As of February 1990 federal law banned
smoking on all domestic United States airline flights under six
hours in duration. By 1998 more than 90 percent of nonstop
flights between the United States and all foreign countries were
also smoke free.
In 2002 President George W. Bush signed into law the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act. The law bans smoking
within any indoor facility used for childhood education. By 2003
a number of states (including New York, Connecticut, Maine, and
California) and cities (including Boston, Massachusetts and
Austin, Texas) passed laws banning smoking in all bars,
restaurants, and clubs.
The tobacco industry has been increasingly criticized for its
role in encouraging smoking, particularly in young people.
Various lawsuits have been brought against tobacco companies to
reclaim damages due to disease or death associated with smoking.
The first major successful suit occurred in March 1996 when the
Liggett Group, a consortium of companies, agreed to pay damages
to five states. An onslaught of litigation against the tobacco
industry followed. In part to avoid potentially ruinous lawsuits
filed by states, in 1998 the tobacco industry and attorneys
general from 46 U.S. states agreed to a $206-billion settlement.
The settlement, to be paid over 25 years, will be used to
compensate states for the costs of treating smoking-related
illness, to finance nationwide antismoking programs, and to
underwrite health care for uninsured children.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:56 am
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The tobacco industry must also contend with a barrage of
lawsuits filed by individual smokers and their families seeking
damages for smoking-related health problems and deaths. Across
the United States, such lawsuits have had mixed results. In
several cases, juries have cleared the tobacco companies of all
responsibility. While several other cases have resulted in large
awards for the plaintiffs, few hold up under the appeals
process.
Tobacco industry representatives long denied that nicotine is
addictive and that there is a link between smoking and poor
health. In recent years, however, cigarette makers have faced
increased pressure from smoking-related lawsuits and federal
regulators to accept prevailing scientific opinions about the
health risks of smoking. In late 1999 Philip Morris, now known
as Altria, the nation’s largest cigarette maker, publicly
acknowledged that smoking is addictive and causes serious health
problems. This latest admission was considered a way to make it
more difficult for those who have recently started smoking to
claim they were unaware of the dangers if they choose to sue
cigarette companies. In 2003 an Illinois judge ordered Philip
Morris to pay $10.1 billion in damages for using misleading
advertising campaigns suggesting that cigarette brands marketed
as “low tar” or “light” are safer than regular brands.
Numerous scientific studies prove that the use of low-tar
cigarettes do not reduce the risk of developing smoking-related
disease, and the judge found that Philip Morris intentionally
disregarded consumer rights by spreading disinformation.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:57 am
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Nicotine: A Powerful Addiction
If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how hard it can be.
It is hard because nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some
people, it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
Quitting is hard. Usually people make 2 or 3 tries, or more,
before finally being able to quit. Each time you try to quit,
you can learn about what helps and what hurts.
Quitting takes hard work and a lot of effort, but you can quit
smoking.
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Good Reasons for Quitting
Quitting smoking is one of the most important things you will
ever do.
You will live longer and live better.
Quitting will lower your chance of having a heart attack,
stroke, or cancer.
If you are pregnant, quitting smoking will improve your chances
of having a healthy baby.
The people you live with, especially your children, will be
healthier.
You will have extra money to spend on things other than
cigarettes.
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Five Keys for Quitting
Studies have shown that these five steps will help you quit and
quit for good. You have the best chances of quitting if you use
them together.
1. Get ready.
2. Get support.
3. Learn new skills and behaviors.
4. Get medication and use it correctly.
5. Be prepared for relapse or difficult situations.
1. Get Ready
Set a quit date.
Change your environment.
1.Get rid of ALL cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and
place of work.
2.Don't let people smoke in your home.
Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and
what did not.
Once you quit, don't smoke—NOT EVEN A PUFF!
2. Get Support and Encouragement
Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being
successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways:
Tell your family, friends, and co-workers that you are going to
quit and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or
leave cigarettes out.
Talk to your health care provider (for example, doctor, dentist,
nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor).
Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more
counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting.
Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call
your local health department for information about programs in
your area.
3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors
Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone,
go for a walk, or get busy with a task.
When you first try to quit, change your routine. Use a different
route to work. Drink tea instead of coffee. Eat breakfast in a
different place.
Do something to reduce your stress. Take a hot bath, exercise,
or read a book.
Plan something enjoyable to do every day.
Drink a lot of water and other fluids.
4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly
Medications can help you stop smoking and lessen the urge to
smoke.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five
medications to help you quit smoking:
1.Bupropion SR—Available by prescription.
2.Nicotine gum—Available over-the-counter.
3.Nicotine inhaler—Available by prescription.
4.Nicotine nasal spray—Available by prescription.
5.Nicotine patch—Available by prescription and
over-the-counter.
Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the
information on the package.
All of these medications will more or less double your chances
of quitting and quitting for good.
Everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from using a
medication. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant,
nursing, under age 18,
smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, or have a medical
condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider
before taking medications.
5. Be Prepared for Relapse or Difficult Situations
Most relapses occur within the first 3 months after quitting.
Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most
people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some
difficult situations to watch for:
Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of
success.
Other Smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.
Weight Gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit,
usually less than 10 pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active.
Don't let weight gain distract you from your main
goal—quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help
delay weight gain.
Bad Mood or Depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your
mood other than smoking.
If you are having problems with any of these situations, talk to
your doctor or other health care provider.
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Special Situations or Conditions
Studies suggest that everyone can quit smoking. Your situation
or condition can give you a special reason to quit.
Pregnant women/new mothers. By quitting, you protect your baby's
health and your own.
Hospitalized patients. By quitting, you reduce health problems
and help healing.
Heart attack patients. By quitting, you reduce your risk of a
second heart attack.
Lung, head, and neck cancer patients. By quitting, you reduce
your chance of a second cancer.
Parents of children and adolescents. By quitting, you protect
your children and adolescents from illnesses caused by
second-hand smoke.
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Questions to Think About
Think about the following questions before you try to stop
smoking. You may want to talk about your answers with your
health care provider.
1. Why do you want to quit?
2. When you tried to quit in the past, what helped and what
didn't?
3. What will be the most difficult situations for you after you
quit? How will you plan to handle them?
4. Who can help you through the tough times? Your family?
Friends? Health care provider?
5. What pleasures do you get from smoking? What ways can you
still get pleasure if you quit?
What is Secondhand Smoke?
Secondhand smoke (SHS), sometimes referred to as environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS), is a mixture of the smoke given off by the
burning ends of a cigarette, pipe, cigar, bidis, and kreteks
(sidestream smoke) and the smoke emitted at the mouthpiece and
exhaled from the lungs of smokers (mainstream smoke).1,2
The widespread practice of smoking in buildings exposes
nonsmoking occupants to combustion by-products under conditions
where airborne contaminant removal is slow and uncertain. Over
the past two decades, medical science has shown that nonsmokers
suffer many of the diseases of active smoking when they breathe
secondhand smoke.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke contains at least 250 chemicals
known to be toxic or cause cancer. Unfortunately, the general
public’s exposure to secondhand smoke is much higher than most
people realize.
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Working to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure
In January 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services launched Healthy People 2010, a comprehensive,
nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda.
Healthy People 2010 contains 467 objectives designed to serve as
a road map for improving the health of all people in the United
States during the first decade of the 21st century.
Several of these objectives relate to tobacco use and exposure
to secondhand smoke. One objective is to reduce nonsmoker
exposure to secondhand smoke from 65% to 45% nationwide by 2010.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:58 am
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HOW TO HANDLE CRAZINESS WAVES WHILE QUITTING SMOKING ?
GROUCHY, NERVOUS: Exercise.Walk the dog. Keep busy.
HEADACHES, DIZZINESS: Take deep breaths. Exercise.
TIRED: Take naps and get plenty of rest.
DRY MOUTH, SORE THROAT: Drink cold water or juice. Chew gum.
THE BLUES: You may get really depressed and feel like crying.
These feelings will pass. Until they do, call a friend or
someone else who understands.
PIGGING OUT: When people quit smoking, they need something else
to do, so they eat. If you don’t want to gain weight, try
these things:
Eat regular meals. Don’t just eat whatever or whenever you
feel like it.
Don’t eat lots of candy and sweet stuff. Try sugarless gum,
fresh fruit, popcorn, and vegetable sticks.
Drink extra water, especially at meals.
Keep active — take walks, shoot baskets, ride your bike.
The Crazies are a pain, but they only last a little while. And
they’re better than dying from something like lung cancer or a
heart attack. Even if smoking doesn’t kill you, it’ll
probably make you sick with emphysema or other diseases.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 11:00 am
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Do you smoke? Have you ever stopped to think about how smoking
is affecting your body and your life? Most teens are aware that
people who have smoked for awhile can get lung cancer and
emphysema and eventually die, but many don't know about all of
the bad things that smoking can to them right now. If you smoke,
you owe it to yourself to find out about the effects of smoking
on your life now. Here, we've listed some information about what
smoking is doing to your body and some of the common reasons why
people keep smoking even though they know it's bad for them.
These are important things to think about to help you decide if
you should continue smoking.
Why is cigarette smoking bad for me?
Everyone knows that smoking can cause cancer when you get older,
but did you know that it also has bad effects on your body right
now? A cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, many of which
are poisonous. Some of the worst ones are:
Nicotine: a deadly poison
Arsenic: used in rat poison
Methane: a component of rocket fuel
Ammonia: found in floor cleaner
Cadmium: used in batteries
Carbon Monoxide: part of car exhaust
Formaldehyde: used to preserve (to keep in perfect condition)
body tissue
Butane: lighter fluid
Hydrogen Cyanide: the poison used in gas chambers
Every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette, small amounts of
these chemicals get into your blood through your lungs. They
travel to all the parts of your body and cause harm.
What do all these chemicals do to my body?
As you might imagine, even small amounts of the poisonous
chemicals in cigarettes can do bad things to your body. Here are
some facts about what smoking cigarettes does to you:
Smoking makes you smell bad, gives you wrinkles, stains your
teeth, and gives you bad breath.
Smokers get 3 times more cavities than non-smokers.
Smoking lowers your hormone levels.
When smokers catch a cold, they are more likely than non-smokers
to have a cough that lasts a long time. They are also more
likely than non-smokers to get bronchitis and pneumonia.
Teen smokers have smaller lungs and a weaker heart than teen
non-smokers. They also get sick more often than teens who don't
smoke.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 11:00 am
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What happens to my lungs when I smoke?
Every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette, you kill some of
the air sacks in your lungs, called alveoli. These air sacks are
where the oxygen that you breathe in is transferred into your
blood. The alveoli don't grow back. So when you destroy them,
you have permanently destroyed part of your lungs. This means
that you won't do as well in activities where breathing is
important, like sports, dancing, or singing.
Smoking paralyzes the cilia that line your lungs. Cilia are
little hairlike structures that move back and forth to sweep
particles out of your lungs. When you smoke, the cilia can't
move and can't do their job. So dust, pollen, and other things
that you inhale sit in your lungs and build up. Also, there are
a lot of particles in smoke that get into your lungs. Since your
cilia are paralyzed because of the smoke and can't clean them
out, the particles sit in your lungs and form tar.
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Re: SMOKING
DIR By: lubhan
Date: December 14, 2016, 11:01 am
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I know smoking is bad for me, but I really like it.
Many teens like the feeling that smoking gives them. This good
feeling is from the nicotine in the cigarettes. Some teens think
smoking will help them lose weight or stay thin. Many teens also
feel like smoking gives them a sense of freedom and
independence, and some smoke to feel more comfortable in social
situations. If this sounds like you, you should stop and think
about whether the things you like about smoking are really worth
the risks.
Nicotine can make you feel good, but is feeling good (a feeling
you can also get from healthy activities like playing sports)
really worth all the bad things cigarettes do to you? If you
smoke, you'll get sick more often. You also have the chance of
getting lung cancer or emphysema, which will make you really
sick for a long time before you die. If you are very sick, that
good feeling from nicotine won't seem so important anymore.
Smoking doesn't really help people lose weight. If that were
true, every smoker would be thin.
Smoking lowers your hormone levels.
Do you think that smoking is a sign that you can do what you
want? That you are in control of your life? Think about it this
way: When you decide to start smoking, you are doing exactly
what tobacco companies want you to do. They spend millions of
dollars every year on advertising to try to get new people,
especially teens, to smoke. Once they have you hooked, THEY are
controlling YOU. You are forced to buy their products in order
to support your addiction. Do you really want a big corporation
controlling your life and telling you how to spend your money?
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