Smoking Kills

2. THE FACTS THAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW!

3. Tobacco is the only legal product
sold that is DEADLY when used
exactly as the manufacturer
intended.

4. FACT
Cigarettes contain over 4000 toxic
chemicals – 50 of which are known to cause
cancer!
TAR ARSENIC
AMMONIA FORMAL DEHYDE
METHANOL ACETONE
HYDROGEN CYANIDE CARBON MONOXIDE
NICOTINE

5. 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 a person.

6. 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

7. Affects EVERY part of your body
 Hair
 Brain
 Eyes
 Mouth – teeth and tongue
 Skin
 Heart
 Lungs

8. Mouth –
bad breath, gum
disease, tooth
decay, tongue &
Eyes – mouth cancer
cataracts
& blindness
Brain – nicotine can
be as addictive as
heroin and alters the
functioning of the brain .
It increases risk of
stroke

9. SKIN EFFECTS
winkles, dry skin, psoriasis, yellow fingers
and stained fingernails

10. Peripheral vascular disease, gangrene, amputation

11. Asthma

12. Common Lung Diseases
Healthy Lung Diseased Lung Emphysema Cancer

13. Heart attacks, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis,
aortic aneurysm, and cancer
Coronary heart disease Cancer Arteriosclerosis

14. What is
Second-Hand
Smoke?
 A combination of 2 forms of smoke from burning
tobacco products:
 Side stream smoke: smoke that comes from
the end of a lighted cigarette, pipe, or cigar
 Mainstream smoke: smoke that is exhaled by
a smoker
 Second-hand smoke is more dangerous than
directly inhaled smoke. Second-hand smoke
releases the same 4,000 chemicals as smoke
that is directly inhaled, but often in even greater
quantities

15. THE SHORT TERM EFFECTS :
 Eye irritation
 Headache
 Nasal discomfort and sneezing
 Cough and sore throat
 Nausea and dizziness
 Increased heart rate and blood pressure

16. Long-term effects include:
Reduced ability to take in and use oxygen.
Cancer of the lung.
Heart disease and stroke.
Childhood asthma and other breathing
difficulties.
 Ear infections

17. We know it’s bad for us,
why do we start to smoke?
 Curious
 Experimenting
 Peer Pressure
 Parents/friends smoke
Looks cool
What other
reasons?

18. So how do I quit?
 Two ways to quit
1. All at once
2. Cutting back
 Based on the way you want
to quit there are a lot of tools
out there to help you.

19. TIPS/SUGESSIONS:
• Pick a quit date
• On your quit date don’t smoke, not even a
little.
• Avoid people and situations where you will be
tempted to smoke.
• Be positive and believe in your plan.
• If you slip up, don’t give up. Try quitting again.

21. THANK YOU
By
P.SIDDHARTH