Smoking The FACTS

Smoking Question How many people in the United states smoke? One in 3 – 33% One in 3 – 33% One in 5 – 20% One in 5 – 20% One in 10 – 10% One in 10 – 10% One in 20 – 5% One in 20 – 5%

In the last year at least 7 of your co-workers have been hospitalized for illnesses either directly due to smoking or severely complicated by smoking.

Health Effects of Smoking What do you know? What do you know? Lungs – Lungs – –90% lung cancer deaths are directly due to smoking –Smoking causes majority of deaths due to COPD (emphysema and bronchitis)

What is COPD

COPD

COPD facts #4 cause of death and rising #4 cause of death and rising 12 million in the US diagnosed Maybe 12 million more aren’t 12 million in the US diagnosed Maybe 12 million more aren’t –Spiromtery test is used to confirm diagnoses based on symptoms –Pulse Ox to determine resting hypoxemia COPD patients who quit smoking had a slower loss of lung function. COPD patients who quit smoking had a slower loss of lung function. Proper maintenance therapy reduces hospitalizations and prolongs life Proper maintenance therapy reduces hospitalizations and prolongs life

Health Effects of Smoking What do you know? What do you know? Heart Heart –Can increase the risk of heart attack up to 3X that of a non-smoker. Vascular Vascular –Can increase the risk of stroke more than double that of a non-smoker –90% of abdominal aortic aneurisms are in smokers

What is a Heart Attack

Case Study Risks of Cardiovascular disease/heart attack Risks of Cardiovascular disease/heart attack –Smoking –Obeisity –Family history –High Cholesterol –High Blood Pressure –Being Male –Being over 50 years old

Case Study Risks of Cardiovascular disease/heart attack Risks of Cardiovascular disease/heart attack – Smoking –Obeisity – Family history –High Cholesterol –High Blood Pressure – Being Male –Being over 50 years old

Health Effects of Smoking what you may not know Erectile dysfunction and fertility Erectile dysfunction and fertility –Decreases sperm motility and lifespan –Decreases sex drive –Women can go to menopause earlier Smoking in first trimester Smoking in first trimester –increases risk of Cleft Lip –Increases risk of miscarriage Increases risk of Colorectal cancer Increases risk of Colorectal cancer Number one risk for Bladder cancer Number one risk for Bladder cancer

Smoking Risks Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Thyroid disease (triples the risk) Thyroid disease (triples the risk) Gum disease and tooth loss Gum disease and tooth loss Baldness and premature grey hair Baldness and premature grey hair Increased incidence of Asthma and SIDS in children in households of second hand smoke Increased incidence of Asthma and SIDS in children in households of second hand smoke Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Smokers whose jobs involve lifting heavy objects are more likely to develop low back pain than non smokers Smokers have more trouble recovering from surgeries and anesthesia

What happens to your body when you stop smoking 20 mins – Blood pressure returns to pre-smoking levels 20 mins – Blood pressure returns to pre-smoking levels Hours – Carbon monoxide levels drop Hours – Carbon monoxide levels drop Days – smell and taste senses improve Days – smell and taste senses improve –Decreased coughing and regrowth of cillia in lungs. Months – lung function can improve up to 30% Months – lung function can improve up to 30% 1 year – Risk of heart disease decreases by 50% 1 year – Risk of heart disease decreases by 50% 5 – 15 years – Risk of stroke returns to non-smoker’s level 5 – 15 years – Risk of stroke returns to non-smoker’s level

Money Cigarettes cost $8 a pack Cigarettes cost $8 a pack A one pack-a-day smoker spends A one pack-a-day smoker spends –$56 a week = meal for 2 at a nice restaurant or 11 tuna fish sandwiches –$240 a month = a car payment or 48 tuna fish sandwiches –$2920 a year = trip to Disney World including food and airfare or an extra mortgage payment or enough tuna sandwiches for you and your kid nearly every day of the year

It’s Time are you ready to quit?