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2. Pregnant and Smoking….
Much of the damage caused by smoking can be reversed because your body is a living organism that has the ability to heal itself.
Women who stopped smoking at the halfway point in their pregnancy gave birth to babies with the same average weight as women who had not smoked at all during pregnancy.

3. Here are some common experiences from teens to smoke
They tried their first cigarette in sixth or seventh grade
They often do not perform well in school
They feel like they are not a part of the school
They become isolated from other students
They can’t perform as well at sports events
They feel like they have little hope of going to college
They feel like they need a job to support their smoking habit
They are reported to school officials for skipping classes

4. Continues They start using other illegal substances
They begin experimenting with alcohol and other drugs
They experience pressure from home and school and use tobacco as a form of relief
Teen smokers enjoy trying to hide their smoking
The increase of cost in the retail price of cigarettes has gone up 70%
The schools have implemented efforts to fight the use of tobacco (teen smoking).
There is an increase in youth exposure to both state and national mass media campaigns.
The truth on the effects of nicotine that are in tobacco products.

5. Smoking can damaged your health by
Lung cancer
Heart attacks
Stroke
Low estrogen on women
Pregnancy complications
Cervical cancer
Oral cancer

6. Damage To Your Health

7. Facts about smoking
One tobacco company proposed reaching its target consumer from ice cream trucks.
Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking.
Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,154,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.
Chromium is in tobacco smoke. Chromium contributes to lung and larynx cancer.
Cigarettes kill over 50 people an hour.

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Formaldehyde is found in cigarette smoke. Formaldehyde preserves the dead.
Geraniol is found in cigarettes. Geraniol is also found in pesticides.
736 people die each year in the U.S. from smoking-related fires.
Smoking-related diseases cause an estimated 440,000 American deaths each year.
Cigarette smoking has been identified as the most important source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality in the United States and the world.

9. World’s smoking facts
Pregnancy and babies In U.S. alone, figures show that expectant mothers who smoke cause the deaths of over 600 boy babies and 400 baby girls each year. Babies who survive but suffer from smoking related problems cost the country approximately $800 each to help, totaling nearly $4 million.
Children A UK survey shows the mean age for young people to try their first cigarette is 11 years old.

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Teens U.K. By age 12-13years, 31% of kids had tried smoking. This doubled to 59% by age
Adults Many smokers get angry once they are diagnosed with a life- threatening disease and they do some extraordinary things.

11. Antismoking campaign
Older smokers tend to be heavier smokers and they are more likely to suffer from smoking related diseases. The worst thing is that older people are less likely to believe that smoking causes harm to their health. But they definitely are at risk and may suffer from many diseases.
Cigarette smokers are twice more likely to acquire dementia of any kind and Alzheimer's disease than a non-smoker. Smoking among older people results in high level of nicotine dependence and lifelong psychological dependence on smoking.

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