1. Smoking Hazardous to Your Health

2. The Facts Smoking:  Is addictive – more than heroine or cocaine  Makes your clothes, hair and breath smell  Turns your teeth and fingers yellow  Increases risk of stroke and heart attack  Increases risk of developing diabetes  Is the most common cause of lung, throat and mouth cancer (Website Source: http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=240&np=158&id=2099)

3. Australian Statistics in 2009  30% of men and 27% of women are smokers  Average 18 cigarettes a day  By the age of 15, 25% of boys and 28% of girls are smokers (source: www.smokingstatistics.org)  Smoking causes 80% of all drug related deaths (Source: www.cyh.com)www.cyh.com

4. Why Do Young People Start Smoking? Think of Some Reasons

5. Some Reasons:  Young people are attracted to the image:  There friends are smoke  Family are smoke  Cultural Influences Source: Children Youth and Women’s Health Service

6. What are in Cigarettes? Do YOU know?

7. Over 4000 Chemicals!!!! (60 of which are carcinogenic) Source: www.willwilliams.co.uk/common-issues/smoking/whats-in-a-cigarette)

8. (Source: www.willwilliams.co.uk/common-issues/smoking/whats-in-a-cigarette)

9. What are some of the consequences of smoking?

10. Smoking Stroke Lung Cancer Stomach Cancer Throat Cancer Emphysema Heart Disease Bladder Cancer

11. But what does these things really look like? How do these images make you feel?

12. Website Source: http://smokefreewic.com/Facts/Smoking.html

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14. Website Source: http://www.kaheel7.com/eng/index.php/health-a-medicine/80-smoking-the-21st-epidemic-disease

15. Anti-Smoking Campaigns Let’s Have A Look At Some Image Courtesy of ClipArt

17. Answer the following: Who is the audience? What is the campaign trying to say? How does they make you feel? Do you think the message is clear and effective?

18. Your Task:  Design your own anti-smoking campaign.  Choose your audience (peers, parents, friends, smokers in general)  Choose your media  Consider which emotions you are targeting (fear, guilt, shock)  Think about the main message of your campaign.

19. But wait……

20. There’s hope…… People can and do quit smoking But, it won’t be easy because smoking is an addiction.

21. Final Task  To compile a resource kit for your target audience to assist them to quit smoking.  Include things such as information, tips and strategies, support groups, help lines.

22. the end thank you for your listening