This document discusses the dangers of smoking. It states that smoking damages nearly every organ and is the leading preventable cause of death in the US, causing over 480,000 deaths per year. More deaths are caused by smoking than from HIV, car accidents, drugs, alcohol and guns combined. Smoking also leads to high medical costs and lost productivity. Secondhand smoke exposure is linked to diseases in non-smokers and costs billions per year. Quitting smoking reduces health risks, and within 10 years of quitting the risk of lung cancer drops in half.

1. THE DANGERS
OF SMOKING

2. Did you know that according to Center for Disease Control (CDC) smoking can
damage nearly every organ of your body. It can also cause diseases and reduce the
health of smokers in general.
Did you know that smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.
There are approximately 480,000 deaths a year caused by smoking, which comes out
to approximately 1 in 5 deaths each year.
Smoking causes more deaths than HIV, auto accidents, drug and alcohol use, and gun
associated incidents.
If you were to total all deaths, from all wars in the U.S., it wouldn’t even come near
the total premature deaths from cigarette smoking.
Death attributed to lung cancer accounts for approximately 90% due to smoking and
for women, more women die from smoking than from breast cancer. Women who
smoke, have a higher chance of having a pre term delivery or suffer from infertility.
SMOKING
DIDYOU KNOW

3. So why risk your health, for an addiction, that not only is expensive, Americans
spend approximately $23 million dollars a day on cigarettes.
Medical bills account for at least $133 billion . And for employers, company’s lose
about $56 billion in lost productivity. And for those of us that don’t smoke, second
hand smoke attributes to $5.6 billion a year in lost productivity .
SMOKING
WHAT ISTHE COST

4. SMOKING
WHAT IS SECOND HAND SMOKE
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). SHS is a
mixture of 2 forms of smoke that come from burning tobacco:
Sidestream smoke – smoke from the lighted end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar
Mainstream smoke – the smoke exhaled by a smoker
Even though we think of these as the same, they aren’t. Sidestream smoke has higher
concentrations of cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) and is more toxic than mainstream
smoke. And, it has smaller particles than mainstream smoke.These smaller particles make
their way into the lungs and the body’s cells more easily.
When non-smokers are exposed to SHS it’s called involuntary smoking or passive smoking.
Non-smokers who breathe in SHS take in nicotine and toxic chemicals by the same route
smokers do.The more SHS you breathe, the higher the level of these harmful chemicals in
your body.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke

5. So why quit? If we all quite smoking, one out of every three cancers in the U.S.
would never happen.
After just 1 year of quitting, the risk of heart attacks reduces.
After 2-5 years , the risk of stroke could drop to the same rate as a non smoker.
After 5 years, the risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and
bladder drop by half within 5 years
10 years after quitting, risk of lung cancer drops by ½
Try quitting today, not only will you save money, but most important , you can
save your life
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/
SMOKING
SO WHY QUIT?

6. SMOKING
SOWHY QUIT?
SMOKING
SO WHY QUIT?