The long term effects of smoking Year 6 york | against | cancer Young and Healthy – Primary Teaching pack Year 6
Smoking york | against | cancer
The Lungs The Lungs are paired organs in the chest that are used for breathing (respiration). Each lung is between 25 and 30 centimeters long. Each day, you take about 23,000 breaths The air that you breath in contains several gases, including oxygen, that your cells need to function. With each breath, your lungs add fresh oxygen to your blood, which then carries it to your cells. york | against | cancer
Tobacco plant york | against | cancer
More than 600 additives can legally be added to tobacco products. These include coffee extract – caffeine addictive sugar cocoa - produces bromine gas that dilates the airways of the lung Hydrazine - a very toxic chemical used mainly in rocket fuel ammonia compounds - speed the delivery of nicotine to smokers by raising the alkalinity of tobacco smoke Formaldehyde – embalming fluid york | against | cancer
The effect of smoking! york | against | cancer
Advertising 1 August All television commercials for cigarettes were banned health warnings on all cigarette packets. york | against | cancer
Health warnings york | against | cancer
Long Term effects on the body from smoking Effect on the lungs - shortness of breath, coughing, infections like pneumonia and chronic bronchitis, Emphysema (collapse of the small airways in the lungs), cancer Effects on the heart and circulation - Heart attack and other coronary diseases, Gangrene due to a decreased blood flow to the legs Reduced overall fitness and appearance Difficulty recovering from minor illnesses, more colds as compared to non-smokers, yellowish stain on fingers and teeth, facial wrinkles appear at an early age, making them look older than non-smokers of the same age Different kinds of cancers - throat, mouth, bladder, kidney and stomach york | against | cancer
Facts about Cigarettes Tobacco use kills around 111,000 people in the UK every year, more than 300 every day - as if a plane crashed every day and killed all its passengers, this is around 20% of all deaths. About half of all regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit. 30% of all cancer deaths are linked to smoking. Cancers other than lung cancer which are linked to smoking include: cervical cancer, cancers of the mouth, lip and throat cancer, pancreas, bladder, kidney, stomach and liver. york | against | cancer
Short term effects Smelly breath Cost Clothes smell of smoke Addiction york | against | cancer
Reasons not to smoke Concerned about their health Don’t want to Into sport Other more exciting things to do Too expensive Friends don’t Scared if parents found out york | against | cancer
Reasons? To look cool Show off Dare devil Don’t know what it can do to their health Can’t harm them Curiosity Peer pressure Boredom Rebellion york | against | cancer
One person dies every 5 mins from smoking related causes york | against | cancer