PREPARED BY:POOJA .K.PATELROLL NO:41S.Y BBA[ITM]

The Truth About Tobacco

What will we talk about?

The facts about smoking – what you need to know! (Statistics, Health Effects, Second-Hand Smoke)

The Tobacco Industry targeting youth

Tips for quitting smoking

Support is available in NL – Smokers’ Helpline!

FACT

Tobacco is the only legal product sold that is DEADLY when used

exactly as the manufacturer intended.

FACTS 45,000 people die each year in Canada due to smoking

related illnesses - over 1000 of them from second-hand smoke.

That’s 1110 people from Newfoundland and Labrador (1000 smokers and 110 non-smokers – 4 people a day).

That's more than five times the number of Canadians who die from traffic injuries, alcohol abuse, murder and suicide combined.

Smoking is the #1 cause of preventable death in Newfoundland and Labrador.

In Newfoundland and Labrador 21% of our total population smoke 19% of youth ages 15-19 smoke

85% of smokers start before their 16th birthday.

50% of all smokers die from smoking.

* Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2005

FACTS

FACT

Cigarettes contain over 4000 toxic chemicals – 50 of which are known to cause cancer!

…and NICOTINE

Nicotine is a powerful mood-altering substance that is extremely toxic and addictive

Facts about Nicotine

Found only in the tobacco leaf

At low doses it can stimulate nerve cells

At high doses it is a poison that has been used as an insecticide

Two to three drops of pure nicotine can kill you

What does Nicotine do?

Takes 7 seconds for 1/4 of the nicotine to go straight to the brain.

Causes your brain to release a chemical called Dopamine.

It's Dopamine that gives you a false sense of well-being, and soon the body wants more and more Dopamine on a regular basis. This is the beginning of an addiction.

80% of young people who try 2 cigarettes or more go on to battle a life-time of addiction. http://www.finalsmoke.com/howitworks.html

Health Effects Mouth – bad breath, gum

disease, tooth decay, tongue &

mouth cancer Eyes – cataracts & blindness

Brain – nicotine can be as addictive as heroin and alters how the brain works. It can increases risk for stroke

Skin damage – winkles, dry skin, psoriasis, yellow

fingers and stained fingernails

Health Effects

Poor circulation – peripheral vascular disease, gangrene, amputation

Health Effects

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