S MOKING P REVENTION C AMPAIGN Se Hwan Kim, Ki Sang Kim, Michael Tarino, Josh Wilding, and Corey de Leon

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS History of SmokingEffect on Health Disease Caused by Smoking How do Cigarettes damage your Health? Videos

H ISTORY OF S MOKING Smoking tobacco has been going on since 5000 BC in Mesoamerica. However, in the 16th century, tobacco has been a part of people's culture and society. People used to smoke thinking it had medical purposes or because they were already accustomed to other drugs that are smoked. Tobacco and its spread was also encouraged by religious leaders. Regardless of how it spread, it is addictive and claims millions every year.

E FFECT ON H EALTH Nicotine alters brain to the point where you are completely addicted to it; even if you want to quit, sometimes it is impossible to do so because nicotine-addicted body cannot be stable without nicotine. Brain The chemicals in cigarettes make the increase you chances of getting cataracts by two to three times, causing a murky cloudy substance to cover your eyes. Eyes

E FFECT O N H EALTH Smokers are more susceptible to respiratory infections because of tobacco's horrible effects on the immune system. Throat Voice box, known as the larynx, is more susceptible to cancer of the larynx and a change in voice can occur. Patients with this kind of this cancer may have to breathe through a tube sticking out of there throat Larynx

E FFECT ON H EALTH Smokers are prone to lower respiratory infections like pneumonia, and acute bronchitis (asthma) Smokers cannot run as fast as non-smoker due to damaged lungs so they cannot perform well athletically. Lung Cancer is deadliest form of cancer in America 9 out of 10 patients diagnosed with lung cancer are smokers Lung

D ISEASE C AUSED BY S MOKING Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death due to smoking. Examples are Heart Attack, Collapse, Stroke, Paralysis and High Blood Pressure. Cardiovascular disease Smokers are more likely to get cancer than non-smokers. This is particularly true of lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, which hardly ever affect non-smokers. Cancer Emphysema, Chronicle Bronchitis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

H OW DO CIGARETTES DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH ? Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. When you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins. Chemicals in Cigarette A carcinogen (substance that causes cancer) Tar Addictive chemical that increases cholesterol levels in your body Nicotine Chemical that reduces oxygen in the body components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Carbon Monoxide

S ECONDHAND S MOKE Smoking can affect not only smoker but also people around smoker. People, especially kids, who are exposed to these deadly toxins through the air, have a 25% higher risk of heart disease. In 2005, 3,000 non-smoking adults died from lung cancer; 46,000 died from coronary disease and 430 newborns died as a result of sudden infant death syndrome- all because they were exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand Smoke

S TATISTICS ABOUT C IGARETTE S MOKING There are 63 known cancer causing by smoking Cigarette contains tons of poisonous chemicals such as nicotine, arsenic, and Ammonia Bromide which is used for toilet cleaner 3 million people under 18 smoke half a billion cigarettes a year (That’s about 167 cigarettes a year) According to samhsa.gov, 9.2% of years old Americans and 20.6% of years old Americans smoke

C OST OF S MOKING If we assume one person buys $5 cigarettes daily, that can accumulate to $1,825 And there would be medical costs due to disease caused by smoking According to Forbes.com, people spent $157 billions for smoking

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