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Kenneth Hagan May 5, 1925 – November 12, 2002. Statistics CDC, JAMA, Medical Publications. Physical Facts (what you’re doing to yourself). Male smokers Erectile dysfunction Prostate cancer Infertility Female smokers Lung cancer deaths up 600% since 1950
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Physical Facts(what you’re doing to yourself) • Male smokers • Erectile dysfunction • Prostate cancer • Infertility • Female smokers • Lung cancer deaths up 600% since 1950 • In 1987 lung cancer replaced breast cancer as #1 cause of cancer deaths • Have more breast cancer • Have more cervical cancer and ostioporosis • Are more susceptible to carcinogens in smoke
Physical Facts(what you’re doing to yourself) • Everyone • premature skin aging • Diabetes • 85% of all lung cancer • 90% of all COPD • 35% of all cancers
Parental Concerns(what you’re doing to your kids) • Conception delay or infertility • Miscarriage • Stillbirth • Infant mortality (1000 infants in 2002) • Premature birth • low-birth-weight • Reduced lung function • Increased chances of SIDS • If you smoke they might
Environmental Tobacco Smoke(not loving the one your with) • Affects your children • Reduces dental health • Causes asthma • Causes some childhood cancers • Reduced-birth-weight • Affects your significant other • Spouses 30% more likely to develop lung cancer • Affects all your loved ones • Increase chance of coronary artery disease • 35,000 annual death from ETS
Counting the costs(going to the poor-house) • $7.18 per pack in annual medical and lost productivity costs • $157 Billion annually • $3,000 per individual smoker every year
Smoking Cessation (stop the madness) • NRT is effective but only with counseling • Solo = 95% failure rate • Failures are normal • Online support (American Lung Association lungusa.org) (tobaccofree.org)