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Second Hand Smoke

Second Hand Smoke. Did you know?. When you are in same room with people who are smoking you are exposed to 4000 chemicals. 200 poisonous. Smokers smoke… Is responsible for 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 35,000 deaths from heart disease

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Second Hand Smoke

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  1. Second Hand Smoke

  2. Did you know? When you are in same room with people who are smoking you are exposed to 4000 chemicals. 200 poisonous. Smokers smoke… • Is responsible for 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 35,000 deaths from heart disease • Is also responsible for causing between 150,000 to 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children under the age of 18 months.

  3. What is Secondhand Smoke? • Exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke are types of secondhand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke. • Sidestream smoke is smoke that enters the air from a burning cigarette, cigar or pipe • Mainstream smoke is smoke that is directly inhaled into the smoker’s mouth and lungs.

  4. Major Health Risks • The EPA has classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen. • Children with parents who smoke are at increased risk for… • Ear infections, bronchitis, and, pneumonia • asthma

  5. How You Can Avoid Secondhand Smoke… • Speak up to the person who is smoking • Ask the smoker not to smoke in indoor areas that you share • Encourage your family to have a no smoking policy • Encourage family who smoke to quit smoking and to go outside if they must smoke • Request to sit in no smoking areas

  6. Antismoking Ads • In groups of 3 you will create an antismoking flyer. • Be Sure to Include • Harmful effects • Ways to Quit smoking • Facts or statistics about smoking

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