WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL
W
hat ’ s the big
deal about smoking ?
Lots of my friends do it.
Did you know that about 80% of teens
in the United States don’t smoke? They’ve
made a healthy choice.
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Think about this.
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• One third of all new smokers will
eventually die younger than normal of
smoking-related diseases.
• And nearly 90% of all smokers started
when they were teens.
This is what smoking does to
your body
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• Carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke
takes oxygen from your body while
many cancer-causing chemicals go in.
• Your teeth and nails turn yellow and
disgusting and your breath stinks.
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• You cannot taste or smell things very
well.
• Nicotine, the main drug in tobacco,
causes your heart to beat faster and
work less effectively. Nicotine is highly
addictive.
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Athletes who smoke can never reach the
peak of their natural ability or do as well as
nonsmoking athletes because their bodies
get less oxygen. This is why coaches tell athletes never to smoke.
Tobacco can kill
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Each time you take a puff on a cigarette,
you inhale 400 toxic chemicals like
• Nicotine (A drop of pure nicotine can
kill.)
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• Cyanide (a deadly poison)
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• Benzene (used in making paints, dyes,
and plastics)
• Formaldehyde (used to preserve dead
bodies)
• Acetylene (fuel used in torches)
Kids, keep that bright SMILE by saying NO
to drugs and remaining College bound!
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• Ammonia (used in fertilizers)
• Carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas)
| Idaho Spring/Summer 2014 | abusemagazine.org
Source: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/tobacco/pages/Teens-and-Smoking.aspx