Choose Healthy Stuff Stub out Smoking!
Risk Factors
Fact or Fiction? Throughout the presentation you will be asked to read the following statements & decide if they are fact or fiction!
Stub out Smoking? How many chemicals are in one cigarette? OVER 4,000
What ’ s in a cigarette? Butane Lighter fluid DDT/Delidrin Insecticides Methanol Jet fuel Hydrogen Cyanide Gas chamber poison Formaldehyde Preserves animals in museums Arsenic Poison Toluene Industrial solvent Ethanol Alcohol Cadmium Batteries Lead Pencil
3 most harmful chemicals are: Nicotine – Addiction Carbon monoxide -COPD Tar Carbon monoxide - Heart attack & stroke
Fact or Fiction Smoking can cause high blood pressure Fact
Fact or Fiction Nicotine takes 1 minute to get to the brain Fiction
How many cigarettes a day are in this jar of tar? Tar 20 cigarettes a day for a year
What will happen to my body if I smoke? Tar dyes the lungs black & can cause COPD Arteries to the heart get blocked = heart attack Arteries to the brain get blocked = stroke
What will happen to my body if I smoke? Yellow teeth, hair and nails; Bad breath Deep wrinkles Increases the risk of diabetes type 2 Possible Cancer Fact
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Fact or Fiction My lungs will repair themselves once I quit smoking Fiction
Help someone to quit! −If you know someone who wants to quit – REMEMBER it is there choice −They can get help from: Doctors/Pharmacist Community support groups Smoker’s Helpline:
Stop Smoking Apps NHS stop smoking AppNHS Smokefree App
NICHS Advice Eat a balanced diet Kids 60 mins. of P.A a day Stub out smoking