Health Consequences of Smoking and Breathing Secondhand Smoke
Health Consequences of Smoking and Breathing Secondhand Smoke
What’s in a cigarette? • Cigarette smoke contains over 4, 000 chemicals • Including 70 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins.
Ingredients…. ▪ Acetone – found in nail polish remover ▪ Acetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dye ▪ Ammonia – a common household cleaner ▪ Arsenic – used in rat poison ▪ Benzene – found in rubber cement ▪ Butane – used in lighter fluid ▪ Cadmium – active component in battery acid ▪ Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes ▪ Formaldehyde – embalming fluid ▪ Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid ▪ Lead – used in batteries ▪ Naphthalene – an ingredient in moth balls ▪ Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel ▪ Nicotine – used as insecticide ▪ Tar – material for paving roads ▪ Toluene - used to manufacture paint
What happens to your lungs? ▪ Which lungs are the healthy lungs?
It’s just a bad habit……. Right? (double click on the video below to play)
Effects of Smoking? ▪ Long-term smokers are at a higher risk of developing a range of potentially deadly diseases including: ▪ Cancer of the lungs, mouth, nose, throat, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, liver, bladder, bowel, ovary, cervix, bone marrow, and stomach. ▪ Lung diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. ▪ Heart disease, heart attack and stroke. ▪ Poor blood circulation in feet and hands, which can lead to pain and, in severe cases, gangrene and amputation.
Secondhand smoke
Myths about smoking…… ▪ #1 – Other healthy habits will make up for my smoking. ▪ "Research shows that eating a healthy diet and exercising don't reduce the health risks associated with smoking, " says Ann M. Malarcher, Ph. D, senior scientific advisor in the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "Smoking affects every organ system in the body, and thinking that you're going to find the perfect lifestyle to counteract the effects of smoking is just not realistic. “ ▪ #2 - Switching to 'light' cigarettes will cut my risk ▪ "Most people who smoke them wind up getting the same amount of the killing components in tobacco smoke, " Fiore tells Web. MD. "People who smoke light cigarettes are dying of lung cancer, stroke, heart attack, and emphysema every day. “ ▪ #3 - I'm the only one who is hurt by my smoking. ▪ Tobacco smoke also harms the people around you. In the U. S. , secondhand smoke causes about 50, 000 deaths a year, the American Lung Association estimates
What parts of the body are affected by Smoking? ▪ (Fill in as students name body parts that are affected by smoking)
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