RISKS...HAZARDS...COSTS...
An average smoker smokes 1 pack (20 cigarettes) a day. But it doesn't take years (or even months or weeks) for smoking to "cost" users. Things happen FAST. The chemicals in tobacco smoke travel through the lungs to the bloodstream. Once there, they're carried all over the body, reaching the brain in only about
Just ONE cigarette
Increase heart rate
Increase blood pressure
Decrease sense of taste
Blunt sense of smell
Temporarily decrease appetite
Blunt sense of smell
Temporarily decrease appetite
Deposit carcinogens in lungs
Slow reflexes and muscle activity
Drop temperature in toes and fingers
Slow down movement of cilia...the tiny hair like structures that filter air in the lungs. (It's their job to help keep the lungs clean.)
Replace oxygen with carbon monoxide, causing headaches, dizziness, and shortness of breath.
Make breath, hair, and clothes smell like ashtrays. (Smokers may not be aware of the smell, but other people are. YUK!!)
Any way you look at it...Smoking STINKS!!
Lesson Progress
- Introduction
- Tobacco: WHY you should be skeptical
- Major Harmful Ingredients in Tobacco
- Tobacco Risks, Hazards & Costs
- Immediate Effects Noticed by New Smokers
- More Problems Caused by Smoking
- Special Concerns About Smoking
- More Special Concerns About Smoking
- When non-smokers inhale
- Cigars Are Cool?
- Smokeless Tobacco
- Smoking Cessation
- More Ideas for Smoking Cessation
- $ UP IN SMOKE $