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SmokingSmoking
Presented by the Alberta Presented by the Alberta Pharmacy Students’ Pharmacy Students’ AssociationAssociation
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1. How many people to you think die from smoking cigarettes?1. How many people to you think die from smoking cigarettes?
a. 1/5 deaths?a. 1/5 deaths?
First, Some QuestionsFirst, Some Questions
b. 1/10 deaths?
c. 1/25 deaths?
d. 1/100 deaths?
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QuestionsQuestions2. How many of these things can happen 2. How many of these things can happen
when you smoke:when you smoke:a. hard to breathea. hard to breatheb. makes it harder for the heart to b. makes it harder for the heart to
workwork c. sores in the mouthc. sores in the mouthd. smelly hands and haird. smelly hands and hair
ANSWER: All of them can happen when you smoke!
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QuestionsQuestions3. True or false:
Smoke from a single cigarette can contain over 4000 poisons.
ANSWER:
True
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Questions4. What do you think happens to your skin if
you smoke?a. Makes your skin look youngerb. Gives you lots of wrinklesc. Makes your skin get really dry
ANSWER:
b. Your skin will get really wrinkly and old-looking.
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What is in a Cigarette?What is in a Cigarette?
Plant Leaves (called “tobacco”)Plant Leaves (called “tobacco”) WaterWater Lots of chemicals that can make you really Lots of chemicals that can make you really
sicksick
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What kinds of chemicals?What kinds of chemicals?
Floor cleaner
Rat Poison
Lighters
Car Batteries
Car Exhaust
Some of the chemicals in a cigarette can also be found in:
Bug sprays
Rocket fuel
Plastic
Paint stripper/nail polish remover
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These chemicals are put in to change the These chemicals are put in to change the cigarettecigarette
For example: For example: -some chemicals make the cigarette -some chemicals make the cigarette
burn longerburn longer
-some chemicals make the expiry -some chemicals make the expiry date laterdate later
What kinds of chemicals?What kinds of chemicals?
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Types of Cigarette Types of Cigarette Smoke?Smoke?
1. 1. First-hand smokeFirst-hand smoke
2.2. Second-hand smoke Second-hand smoke
3. 3. Third-hand smokeThird-hand smoke
First Hand SmokeFirst Hand Smoke
This is when you are the one who is This is when you are the one who is smokingsmoking
The smoke from the cigarette goes right The smoke from the cigarette goes right into your lungs – yuck!into your lungs – yuck!
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Second Hand SmokeSecond Hand Smoke
This is when someone else is smoking, This is when someone else is smoking, and you breathe in the smoke that they and you breathe in the smoke that they blow out. blow out.
This is even This is even moremore harmful than First Hand harmful than First Hand Smoke!Smoke!
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Second-hand SmokeSecond-hand SmokeCan cause breathing problems. Can cause breathing problems. Can sometimes cause diseases that Can sometimes cause diseases that
make it hard to breathe (called make it hard to breathe (called asthma).asthma).
Your heart has to work harderYour heart has to work harderCan make you really sick.Can make you really sick.
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Second-hand Smoke
Has even worse chemicals than 1st hand smoke
Why do you think this makes it even worse for people who smoke?
Answer: People who smoke get both the first and the second hand smoke. They get double the chemicals!
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Latest and Newest...Third-hand Latest and Newest...Third-hand SmokeSmoke
What is it?What is it?
It is the smoke that sticks to smokers' hair, It is the smoke that sticks to smokers' hair, clothing, furniture, curtains, carpets, or clothing, furniture, curtains, carpets, or other surfaces.other surfaces.
e.g. the smoke left on seats and cushions, e.g. the smoke left on seats and cushions, or that scent you pick up in the elevator or that scent you pick up in the elevator as the smoker comes back inside. as the smoker comes back inside.
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Third-hand SmokeThird-hand Smoke Third hand smoke sticks to things for a Third hand smoke sticks to things for a
long time, even when there’s no more long time, even when there’s no more second hand smoke, and it’s easy for second hand smoke, and it’s easy for kids and babies to breathe it inkids and babies to breathe it in
It has lots of bad chemicals that are It has lots of bad chemicals that are dangerous and can cause cancer.dangerous and can cause cancer.
Breathing air in a room today where people were smoking yesterday can be bad for our
health.
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Questions5. Do you think that if a mother smokes, her
baby will probably smoke when they grow up to be a teenager?
ANSWER: Yes! When a mom smokes, the baby is more likely to smoke when they get older.
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Questions6. Do you think that people could live
longer if they didn’t smoke?
ANSWER: Yes! Lots of people that die from smoking could have lived longer if they didn’t smoke.
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Questions7. What other problems can smoking do to
your body? Do you think smoking can:
A. make it harder to fall asleep?B. give tummy aches?C. make someone dizzy?
ANSWER: All of these things can happen!
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Questions8. Do you think it is easy for people
to stop smoking once they start?
ANSWER: Quitting smoking is REALLY, REALLY hard to do becausethere’s a chemical in cigarettes called nicotine that’s HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!
It is much better to never start smoking!
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What does smoking do to What does smoking do to the body?the body?
Makes your hair and skin smellMakes your hair and skin smell(the chemicals come out of your body (the chemicals come out of your body through your pores)through your pores)
Skin: lots of wrinkles, yellowingSkin: lots of wrinkles, yellowing Eyes: stinging feeling, cataracts (cloudy Eyes: stinging feeling, cataracts (cloudy
vision) vision) Brain: makes it hard to stop smoking Brain: makes it hard to stop smoking
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What does smoking do to the body?
Nose: harder to smell things Teeth: turns teeth yellow Hands: makes hands feel cold and
turns them yellow Stinky breath Cough
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Long Term ConsequencesLong Term Consequences
CANCERCANCERMost lung cancer is caused by smoking Most lung cancer is caused by smoking cigarettescigarettes
There are more than 43 chemicals in a cigarette There are more than 43 chemicals in a cigarette that can cause cancer!that can cause cancer!
BreathingBreathingA lung disease caused Chronic Obstructive A lung disease caused Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually caused Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually caused by smoking. It makes it really, really hard to by smoking. It makes it really, really hard to breathe.breathe.
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Straw ExerciseStraw Exercise
DO NOT TRY THIS EXERCISE IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA OR ANY BREATHING PROBLEMS
OR LUNG CONDITIONS
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Smoking ain’t no laughing matterSmoking ain’t no laughing matter
Many scientists who study the effects of Many scientists who study the effects of smoking say that it’s thesmoking say that it’s the single most single most preventablepreventable cause of death cause of death in the in the country!country!
That’s about That’s about 3400 3400 Albertans or Albertans or 47 00047 000 Canadians who die for an unnecessary Canadians who die for an unnecessary reason EACH YEAR.reason EACH YEAR.
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It Costs A LOT of Money It Costs A LOT of Money to Smoke!to Smoke!
Someone who smokes one pack of Someone who smokes one pack of cigarettes a day can spend about $3000 to cigarettes a day can spend about $3000 to $4000/year and most people smoke about $4000/year and most people smoke about 16 cigarettes a day…16 cigarettes a day…
That is about equal to That is about equal to a trip to Disneyland!a trip to Disneyland! Smoking costs the country about Smoking costs the country about
$18.5 BILLION per year$18.5 BILLION per year
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So, why do people smoke?
They might think it is “cool”. - How many of you think it is cool to get
sick? - How many of you think it is cool to make
other people sick?- How many of you think it is cool to have
smelly hair and smelly breath and yellow teeth?
Smoking isn’t cool; it makes your body sick and it can hurt other people too.
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So, why do people smoke?
Sometimes it’s really hard to stop.
What do you think you can do to help people stop?- if someone is trying to stop, tell them you think they are doing a great thing!- help keep their mind off of cigarettes; talk to them, play games with them(some people keep smoking because they’re bored!)
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The MOST important things to know about smoking:
Smoking is not cool. It makes you smell, it makes your body sick, and it is really really hard to stop smoking…
SO DON’T EVEN START! It is really important to say “NO” if anyone
ever tries to get you to smoke. One of the best things you can do is to
never start smoking! Keep your bodies healthy!
It IS cool to NOT smoke!
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References:References: World Health Organization. Tobacco Free Initiative: World Health Organization. Tobacco Free Initiative:
Retrieved September 18, 2004: Retrieved September 18, 2004: http://www.who.int/tobacco/about/en/http://www.who.int/tobacco/about/en/, , http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas9.pdfhttp://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas9.pdf, , http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas13.pdf http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas13.pdf http://www.ab.lung.ca/http://www.ab.lung.ca/
Tobacco Free Kids. (2003, April 3) Tobacco Free Kids. (2003, April 3) Health Harms From Health Harms From Second Hand SmokeSecond Hand Smoke. Retrieved September 18, 2004: . Retrieved September 18, 2004: http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/010http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0103.pdf3.pdf
Health Canada. (2004, September 13) Health Canada. (2004, September 13) Summary of Summary of Results of the 2002 Youth Smoking Results of the 2002 Youth Smoking Survery. Retrieved Survery. Retrieved September 18, 2004: September 18, 2004: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/research/yss/index.htmlsesc/tobacco/research/yss/index.html
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