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PREPARED BY:POOJA .K.PATELROLL NO:41S.Y BBA[ITM]
The Truth About Tobacco
What will we talk about?
The facts about smoking – what you need to know! (Statistics, Health Effects, Second-Hand Smoke)
The Tobacco Industry targeting youth
Tips for quitting smoking
Support is available in NL – Smokers’ Helpline!
FACT
Tobacco is the only legal product sold that is DEADLY when used
exactly as the manufacturer intended.
FACTS 45,000 people die each year in Canada due to smoking
related illnesses - over 1000 of them from second-hand smoke.
That’s 1110 people from Newfoundland and Labrador (1000 smokers and 110 non-smokers – 4 people a day).
That's more than five times the number of Canadians who die from traffic injuries, alcohol abuse, murder and suicide combined.
Smoking is the #1 cause of preventable death in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In Newfoundland and Labrador 21% of our total population smoke 19% of youth ages 15-19 smoke
85% of smokers start before their 16th birthday.
50% of all smokers die from smoking.
* Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2005
FACTS
FACT
Cigarettes contain over 4000 toxic chemicals – 50 of which are known to cause cancer!
…and NICOTINE
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 you
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
Health Effects Mouth – bad breath, gum
disease, tooth decay, tongue &
mouth cancer Eyes – cataracts & blindness
Brain – nicotine can be as addictive as heroin and alters how the brain works. It can increases risk for stroke
Skin damage – winkles, dry skin, psoriasis, yellow
fingers and stained fingernails
Health Effects
Poor circulation – peripheral vascular disease, gangrene, amputation
Health Effects
THANK U………….