What’s in a Cigarette?
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What’s in a Cigarette?
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What’s in a Cigarette? . We know. What’s really in them. Cigarettes are made from tobacco, a tall leafy plant that grown almost everywhere in the world Tobacco plants contains a drug called nicotine - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What’s in a Cigarette?
We know
What’s really in themO Cigarettes are made from tobacco, a tall
leafy plant that grown almost everywhere in the world
O Tobacco plants contains a drug called nicotine
O Nicotine is a deadly poison and it can kill a person in less than an hour if even a small amount is injected into your blood stream.
Tobacco SmokeO Contains very tiny amounts of
nicotine that aren’t deadly, but are still very bad for your health.
O Tobacco smoke also contains over 4,000 chemicals,
O Many of them are known to cause cancer
How does smoking hurt you?
O Hurts your lungsO Damages your lungs natural cleaning
and repair system. O Traps cancer-causing chemicals in
your lungsO Permanently damages the alveoli in
your lungs making it hard to breathe
Your lungs
How you get addicted O Nicotine is one of the main
ingredients in tobaccoO It speeds up the brain and central
nervous systemO Triggers the release of a chemical in
your brain (dopamine) that boosts your mood and makes you feel calm
AddictedO Nicotine smoke is absorbed through
the skin lining of the mouth and noseO Nicotine level in your blood peaks
within 10 second of inhaling
Your JobO Create a poster showing how silly it
is to pick up a cigarette in the first place.
O Your poster will comparing something fun, dangerous and somewhat safe to smoking
O Examples
I would rather do something safe
like………
O Wrestle AlligatorsO Fight a UFC fighterO SkydivingO Swim with SharksO Face 100 mph slap shot with no
equipmentO Bungee Jump
Then smoke a Cigarette
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