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Rank the following tobacco products according to their danger: (1 being most dangerous, 4 being least dangerous). *Smokeless Tobacco (chew)*Smokeless Tobacco (chew) *Cigarettes*Cigarettes *Cigar*Cigar *Hookah*Hookah

ANSWERANSWER: There IS no order- they’re ALL There IS no order- they’re ALL

DANGEROUS!DANGEROUS!

23% 23% of high school students in the United States are currentcurrent cigarette smokers

Each day in the United States, approximately 6,0006,000 young people between the ages of 12 and 17 years initiate cigarette smoking, and an estimated 1,710 young people 1,710 young people become daily cigarette smokersbecome daily cigarette smokers..

70%70% of teen smokers say they wish they had never started.

95%95% of all teenage smokers think they will have quit within five years, but only 25%25% succeeded, eight years later.

Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,0004,000 chemical compounds including: Cyanide, Formaldehyde, and LeadCyanide, Formaldehyde, and Lead

At least 40 chemicals in cigarettes are carcinogens: chemicals that cause cancercancer!!

Also contains TARTAR, which coats the airways

Chewing tobacco and other tobacco products contain the samesame deadly chemicals and nicotine as cigarettes

Smoking harmsharms nearly every organ of the body causing many diseases

Cigarette smoking accounts for an estimated 438,000 438,000 deaths, or nearly 1 of 1 of every 5 every 5 deaths, each year in the United States.

More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined

Smoking is a LEGAL KILLERLEGAL KILLER!

Secondhand smoke is composed of sidestreamsidestream smoke (the smoke released from the tip) and exhaled mainstream mainstream smoke (the smoke exhaled by the smoker).

The combination of sidestream and mainstream is called Environmental Environmental Tobacco SmokeTobacco Smoke, the true name for secondhand smoke.

Second hand smoke causes heart disease, lung disease, and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and KILLS 3,000 KILLS 3,000 innocent each year.

An average pack of cigarettes $5.00 A week of cigarettes would be:

$35.00 A year of cigarettes would be:

$1,820 which is 7,300 cigarettes! What things do you think are a What things do you think are a

better purchase than cigarettes? better purchase than cigarettes? Why?Why?

Write what you can buy for $1,825?Write what you can buy for $1,825? $18,250? $109,500?$18,250? $109,500?

Practice those REFUSAL skillsREFUSAL skills! Why is it good to say no? By not

smoking, you have these great benefits: Fewer colds, sore throats, asthma attacksFewer colds, sore throats, asthma attacks Less likely to have stained teeth, bad breathLess likely to have stained teeth, bad breath You can taste and smellYou can taste and smell You won’t smell like smoke all the time!You won’t smell like smoke all the time! Won’t expose loved ones to cigarette smokeWon’t expose loved ones to cigarette smoke