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Smoking and Your Health

Smoking and Your Health. Chapter 6.2. Chemicals in Tobacco Smoke. Some of the most deadly chemicals are TAR, CARBON MONOXIDE, NICOTINE. TAR. Dark, sticky stuff that you find when tobacco burns It sticks to cilia in trachea Stops them from working properly. CARBON MONOXIDE.

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Smoking and Your Health

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  1. Smoking and Your Health Chapter 6.2

  2. Chemicals in Tobacco Smoke

  3. Some of the most deadly chemicals are TAR, CARBON MONOXIDE, NICOTINE

  4. TAR • Dark, sticky stuff that you find when tobacco burns • It sticks to cilia in trachea • Stops them from working properly

  5. CARBON MONOXIDE • It is a colorless, odourless gas • It binds to red blood cells and reduces oxygen to your body • Also found in car exhaust

  6. NICOTINE • It is a drug that speeds up nervous system, heart and other organs • It produces an ADDICTION, which means you need to have it

  7. Respiratory System Problems

  8. Kills cilia and stops the movement of mucus • Decreases Oxygen to cells • Creates Bronchitis, Emphysema and Cancers

  9. Bronchitis • It occurs when mucus builds up in your lungs • Makes you cough lots • You feel like you can’t breathe

  10. Emphysema • When the tissue in your lungs gets destroyed by smoking • You can’t get enough oxygen or get rid of enough Carbon Dioxide

  11. Cancer • The chemicals cause lung, throat and mouth cancer • This can kill you

  12. Circulatory

  13. Smokers are more that twice as likely to have heart attacks • Makes heart work harder because of little oxygen

  14. Others related health problems • Liver cancer • Stomach cancer • Cancer of the pancreas • Colon cancer • Kidney cancer • Bladder cancer • Cancer of cervix • Sore throat • Cough and increased phlegm • Shortness of breath • Decreased lung capacity • Reduced fitness • Increased colds and flu • Pneumonia • Asthma • Inflammation of airways • Poor circulation • Chronic bronchitis • Emphysema • Blocks and weakens arteries of the heart • Reduced sense of smell • Reduced sense of taste • Staining of teeth • Plaque on teeth • Gum disease • Increased cavities • Ashtray breath • Ugly staining of fingers • Premature aging and increased wrinkles • Anxiety about health problems caused by smoking • Eyes sting and water more • Blindness and cataracts • Itchy eyes • Cancers of the lips • Cancer of the mouth • Cancer of the throat • Cancer of the larynx • Lung cancer • Cancer of the esophagus

  15. Health problems cont’d • Heart attack • Strokes • Raises blood pressure causing hypertension • Stomach ulcers • Increased osteoporosis risk • Sperm deformity • Reduced number of sperm • Infertility in males • Impotence, erectile dysfunction • Increased period pains • Early menopause • Infertility in females • Leukemia • Gangrene • Weakened immune system • Increased stress • Dependence and addiction to a highly poisonous substance • And finally death

  16. Passive Smoking

  17. Called second hand smoke • Can cause problems just like smoking

  18. Choosing Not To Smoke

  19. 90% smokers start when teenagers • Ads and education help to stop people from smoking

  20. Anti-Smoking Advertisement Assignment • In groups (2-3 students), create an original advertisement (ex. poster, commercial, skit, etc.) to encourage students to avoid smoking.

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