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ABUSE MAGAZINE Photo Source: www.dailytech.com SMOKE Photo Source: www.healthytimesblog.com FREE ZONE! Smoking causes diseases It’s a proven fact that the earlier people start smoking, the greater their risk of • Cancer—many different types • Heart attacks or strokes • Chronic bronchitis—a serious disease of the lung airways • Emphysema—a crippling lung disease Secondhand smoke can kill others Even if you don’t smoke, breathing in someone else’s smoke can be deadly too. Secondhand smoke causes about 3,000 deaths from lung cancer and tens of thousands of deaths from heart disease to nonsmoking adults in the United States each year. Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from the tip of burning cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Nicotine makes tobacco use addictive Nicotine in tobacco causes people to become addicted much sooner than they expect after they start using. This happens to teens too. You’re addicted if • You crave your cigarettes or other tobacco. • You feel nervous without your cigarettes. Smoking is ugly • Some teens have said that kissing someone who smokes is like kissing an ashtray. • Smoking often makes other people not want to be around you. • Smoking stinks. If you smoke you may not smell smoke on you, but other people do. Your car will stink too. If you’re already addicted, there’s help available to you. You can successfully quit smoking with help and support. Just ask your doctor or call 1-800-QUIT–NOW (800/784-8669). 1-800-QUIT NOW is a national toll-free telephone counseling resource. • Most teens would rather date someone who doesn’t smoke. Do the math One pack of cigarettes per day $5 Multiplied by the days in a year x 365  Yearly cost for cigarettes $1,825 That’s almost $2,000 a year that you could be saving or spending on other things like clothes, a car, or something fun! 916 N. 3rd Street Coeur D’Alene, ID 208-667-5373 Animal Shelter 11650 N. Ramsey Rd. Hayden, ID Proud to support ALL ABUSE Preventative Education in our Community! 208-449-3412 Humane Society Thrift Store 1600 E. Seltice Way Post Falls, ID 208-773-3074 Photo Source: sayanythingblog.com Smoking costs a lot of money Humane Society Thrift Store • You try to quit using and have trouble doing it. 208-772-2745 We are proud to support a drug free community! 9177 N. Hess Street • Hayden, ID abusemagazine.org | Idaho Spring/Summer 2014 | 11