By: Shalesha Martinez,

Hayley Vance,

and

Jordan Svedin

SMOKING KILLS

SOME FACTS ABOUT SMOKING• Smoking is the number one cause of death and disease in the world.

• Every time you smoke a cigarette you shave eleven minutes off of your lifespan.

• Forty three trillion cigarettes have been smoked in the last decade.

• It kills more than 480,000 people in our country each year, and out of these people 41,000 are deaths related second-hand smoking.

• Smoking related illnesses costs us 289 billion dollars each year.

• 100% PREVENTABLE.

WHY DO PEOPLE START SMOKING??• People say that they “just wanted to try it once”.

• Many people are influenced by someone close to them. (Peer Pressure)

• Parents are a huge influence.

• Starts at young age. At age eighteen people are easily influenced by their peers and even parents.

• Those who are influenced by their peers may do it mainly because it makes them feel more accepted and connected.

EASILY ACCESSIBLE• In 1997 all fifty states required the minimum age to purchase tobacco to be age 18.

• In Utah the legal age to purchase tobacco is 19.

• Cigarettes are sold everywhere for example; at your local grocery stores, gas stations and smoke shops.

• Of the packs that are bought 65.5 percent of them are going to be legally consumed and 34.5 percent are used for illicit consumption.

MEDIA

• Media promotes tobacco.

• Media has a huge impact because children and teens look up to celebrities.

• For example, in 2010 more 30% of the most popular movies with ratings for adolescents had many tobacco scenes. This influences the adolescents to want to smoke because it is cool and accepted in the movies.

• The tobacco industry which is now dominated by cigarettes increases its volume by having celebrities endorse their products.

• Restrictions on advertising. Example: Billboards and warning labels.

-hurt companies.

NICOTINE• Cigarettes contain nicotine.

• What is nicotine??

-This substance is an oily compound that can be colorless or even brown.

-Pure nicotine is deadly.

-When in cigarettes this substance causes chemical changes in the brain. It’s the addictive substance. It causes your heart rate and blood pressure to go up.

• Addiction causes you to be irritable when you crave it, and relax when you have it.

• Relieves stress in an unhealthy way

• Nicotine acts as a dopamine imposter, which is known as the brain-reward chemical. After feeding your nervous system so much nicotine your body decreases the natural production of dopamine.

• So when a smoker quits cold turkey they have a lower production of dopamine naturally in their body. This then causes withdrawal symptoms because they are not receiving the drug there body craves.

WHAT’S IN YOUR CIGARETTES??• There is about 600 ingredients in an unlit cigarette.

• When lit, the cigarette creates at least 7,000 chemicals that are poisonous or that cause cancer.

• A few of the most harmful ingredients are:

-tar (found in paved roads)

-lead (found in batteries)

-carbon monoxide ( found in car exhaust fumes)

-ammonia (found in common household cleaner)

-arsenic (found in rat poisoning)

-acetone (found in nail polish remover)

- acetic acid (found in hair dye)

-nicotine (found in insecticide).

When combined these ingredients, plus many more, create what is commonly known as tobacco- which is in a cigarette

• constricted blood vessels

• high cholesterol

• problems with pregnancy

• Birth defects of children

• heart disease

• respiratory diseases

• Many More!

• cancers

-lung

-nasal

- stomach

-bladder

- kidney

- liver

-colon

-esophagus

- mouth

-pancreas.

MAJOR AFFECTS

MORE MINOR AFFECTS• poor vision

• damaged teeth

• coughing

• Discoloring skin

• Infertility

• Many more!

SECOND HAND SMOKING• Smoking affects others

• Family

• Friends

• Neighbors

• Second-hand smoke is the smoke that comes from a lit cigarette and is inhaled by people around the smoker or in the same area.

• causes around 50,000 deaths each year and is known to cause lung cancer and heart disease.

• especially harmful to small children as it causes lower respiratory tract infections, and about 430 Sudden Infant Death Syndromes (SIDS) each year. In the U.S. alone, about 21 million (35%) children live in a home where a smoker is a resident or is a regular visitor.

SMOKING AFFECTS YOUR APPEARANCE• look older

• rougher

• bony features

• premature wrinkling

• greyish skin

• bad acne

• can lead to hair loss, and discoloration

• cheeks to sink in.

• The teeth and gums become stained and rotten

• eyes can become bloodshot

• A study came to conclusion that 13.3% of men and 21% of women said that the effect of smoking on their appearance was one of the factors that had motivated them to quit smoking.

IT ISN’T IMPOSSIBLE TO QUIT SMOKING. • It is hard, but it is not impossible.

• Best option is to never start

• Approximately seventy percent of all smokers want to quit, but are struggling to do so.

• Join programs.

• Lean on loved ones for help and comfort.

• Do it for your self and loved ones. QUIT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE..