Smoking

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Presented by the Alberta Presented by the Alberta Pharmacy Students’ Pharmacy Students’ AssociationAssociation


1. How many people to you think die from smoking cigarettes?1. How many people to you think die from smoking cigarettes?

a. 1/5 deaths?a. 1/5 deaths?

First, Some QuestionsFirst, Some Questions

b. 1/10 deaths?

c. 1/25 deaths?

d. 1/100 deaths?


QuestionsQuestions2. How many of these things can happen 2. How many of these things can happen

when you smoke:when you smoke:a. hard to breathea. hard to breatheb. makes it harder for the heart to b. makes it harder for the heart to

workwork c. sores in the mouthc. sores in the mouthd. smelly hands and haird. smelly hands and hair

ANSWER: All of them can happen when you smoke!


QuestionsQuestions3. True or false:

Smoke from a single cigarette can contain over 4000 poisons.

ANSWER:

True


Questions4. What do you think happens to your skin if

you smoke?a. Makes your skin look youngerb. Gives you lots of wrinklesc. Makes your skin get really dry

ANSWER:

b. Your skin will get really wrinkly and old-looking.


What is in a Cigarette?What is in a Cigarette?

Plant Leaves (called “tobacco”)Plant Leaves (called “tobacco”) WaterWater Lots of chemicals that can make you really Lots of chemicals that can make you really

sicksick


What kinds of chemicals?What kinds of chemicals?

Floor cleaner

Rat Poison

Lighters

Car Batteries

Car Exhaust

Some of the chemicals in a cigarette can also be found in:

Bug sprays

Rocket fuel

Plastic

Paint stripper/nail polish remover


These chemicals are put in to change the These chemicals are put in to change the cigarettecigarette

For example: For example: -some chemicals make the cigarette -some chemicals make the cigarette

burn longerburn longer

-some chemicals make the expiry -some chemicals make the expiry date laterdate later

What kinds of chemicals?What kinds of chemicals?


Types of Cigarette Types of Cigarette Smoke?Smoke?

1. 1. First-hand smokeFirst-hand smoke

2.2. Second-hand smoke Second-hand smoke

3. 3. Third-hand smokeThird-hand smoke

First Hand SmokeFirst Hand Smoke

This is when you are the one who is This is when you are the one who is smokingsmoking

The smoke from the cigarette goes right The smoke from the cigarette goes right into your lungs – yuck!into your lungs – yuck!


Second Hand SmokeSecond Hand Smoke

This is when someone else is smoking, This is when someone else is smoking, and you breathe in the smoke that they and you breathe in the smoke that they blow out. blow out.

This is even This is even moremore harmful than First Hand harmful than First Hand Smoke!Smoke!



Second-hand SmokeSecond-hand SmokeCan cause breathing problems. Can cause breathing problems. Can sometimes cause diseases that Can sometimes cause diseases that

make it hard to breathe (called make it hard to breathe (called asthma).asthma).

Your heart has to work harderYour heart has to work harderCan make you really sick.Can make you really sick.


Second-hand Smoke

Has even worse chemicals than 1st hand smoke

Why do you think this makes it even worse for people who smoke?

Answer: People who smoke get both the first and the second hand smoke. They get double the chemicals!


Latest and Newest...Third-hand Latest and Newest...Third-hand SmokeSmoke

What is it?What is it?

It is the smoke that sticks to smokers' hair, It is the smoke that sticks to smokers' hair, clothing, furniture, curtains, carpets, or clothing, furniture, curtains, carpets, or other surfaces.other surfaces.

e.g. the smoke left on seats and cushions, e.g. the smoke left on seats and cushions, or that scent you pick up in the elevator or that scent you pick up in the elevator as the smoker comes back inside. as the smoker comes back inside.


Third-hand SmokeThird-hand Smoke Third hand smoke sticks to things for a Third hand smoke sticks to things for a

long time, even when there’s no more long time, even when there’s no more second hand smoke, and it’s easy for second hand smoke, and it’s easy for kids and babies to breathe it inkids and babies to breathe it in

It has lots of bad chemicals that are It has lots of bad chemicals that are dangerous and can cause cancer.dangerous and can cause cancer.

Breathing air in a room today where people were smoking yesterday can be bad for our

health.


Part 2 of Question Time...Part 2 of Question Time...


Questions5. Do you think that if a mother smokes, her

baby will probably smoke when they grow up to be a teenager?

ANSWER: Yes! When a mom smokes, the baby is more likely to smoke when they get older.


Questions6. Do you think that people could live

longer if they didn’t smoke?

ANSWER: Yes! Lots of people that die from smoking could have lived longer if they didn’t smoke.


Questions7. What other problems can smoking do to

your body? Do you think smoking can:

A. make it harder to fall asleep?B. give tummy aches?C. make someone dizzy?

ANSWER: All of these things can happen!


Questions8. Do you think it is easy for people

to stop smoking once they start?

ANSWER: Quitting smoking is REALLY, REALLY hard to do becausethere’s a chemical in cigarettes called nicotine that’s HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!

It is much better to never start smoking!


What does smoking do to What does smoking do to the body?the body?

Makes your hair and skin smellMakes your hair and skin smell(the chemicals come out of your body (the chemicals come out of your body through your pores)through your pores)

Skin: lots of wrinkles, yellowingSkin: lots of wrinkles, yellowing Eyes: stinging feeling, cataracts (cloudy Eyes: stinging feeling, cataracts (cloudy

vision) vision) Brain: makes it hard to stop smoking Brain: makes it hard to stop smoking


What does smoking do to the body?

Nose: harder to smell things Teeth: turns teeth yellow Hands: makes hands feel cold and

turns them yellow Stinky breath Cough


Long Term ConsequencesLong Term Consequences

CANCERCANCERMost lung cancer is caused by smoking Most lung cancer is caused by smoking cigarettescigarettes

There are more than 43 chemicals in a cigarette There are more than 43 chemicals in a cigarette that can cause cancer!that can cause cancer!

BreathingBreathingA lung disease caused Chronic Obstructive A lung disease caused Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually caused Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually caused by smoking. It makes it really, really hard to by smoking. It makes it really, really hard to breathe.breathe.


Straw ExerciseStraw Exercise

DO NOT TRY THIS EXERCISE IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA OR ANY BREATHING PROBLEMS

OR LUNG CONDITIONS


Smoking ain’t no laughing matterSmoking ain’t no laughing matter

Many scientists who study the effects of Many scientists who study the effects of smoking say that it’s thesmoking say that it’s the single most single most preventablepreventable cause of death cause of death in the in the country!country!

That’s about That’s about 3400 3400 Albertans or Albertans or 47 00047 000 Canadians who die for an unnecessary Canadians who die for an unnecessary reason EACH YEAR.reason EACH YEAR.


It Costs A LOT of Money It Costs A LOT of Money to Smoke!to Smoke!

Someone who smokes one pack of Someone who smokes one pack of cigarettes a day can spend about $3000 to cigarettes a day can spend about $3000 to $4000/year and most people smoke about $4000/year and most people smoke about 16 cigarettes a day…16 cigarettes a day…

That is about equal to That is about equal to a trip to Disneyland!a trip to Disneyland! Smoking costs the country about Smoking costs the country about

$18.5 BILLION per year$18.5 BILLION per year


So, why do people smoke?

They might think it is “cool”. - How many of you think it is cool to get

sick? - How many of you think it is cool to make

other people sick?- How many of you think it is cool to have

smelly hair and smelly breath and yellow teeth?

Smoking isn’t cool; it makes your body sick and it can hurt other people too.


So, why do people smoke?

Sometimes it’s really hard to stop.

What do you think you can do to help people stop?- if someone is trying to stop, tell them you think they are doing a great thing!- help keep their mind off of cigarettes; talk to them, play games with them(some people keep smoking because they’re bored!)


There is hope!


The MOST important things to know about smoking:

Smoking is not cool. It makes you smell, it makes your body sick, and it is really really hard to stop smoking…

SO DON’T EVEN START! It is really important to say “NO” if anyone

ever tries to get you to smoke. One of the best things you can do is to

never start smoking! Keep your bodies healthy!

It IS cool to NOT smoke!


Any Questions?


References:References: World Health Organization. Tobacco Free Initiative: World Health Organization. Tobacco Free Initiative:

Retrieved September 18, 2004: Retrieved September 18, 2004: http://www.who.int/tobacco/about/en/http://www.who.int/tobacco/about/en/, , http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas9.pdfhttp://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas9.pdf, , http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas13.pdf http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas13.pdf http://www.ab.lung.ca/http://www.ab.lung.ca/

Tobacco Free Kids. (2003, April 3) Tobacco Free Kids. (2003, April 3) Health Harms From Health Harms From Second Hand SmokeSecond Hand Smoke. Retrieved September 18, 2004: . Retrieved September 18, 2004: http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/010http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0103.pdf3.pdf

Health Canada. (2004, September 13) Health Canada. (2004, September 13) Summary of Summary of Results of the 2002 Youth Smoking Results of the 2002 Youth Smoking Survery. Retrieved Survery. Retrieved September 18, 2004: September 18, 2004: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/research/yss/index.htmlsesc/tobacco/research/yss/index.html

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