Dangers Associated With Tobacco Use
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH TOBACCO USE
CREATED BY ANGELA R. & CASSIE S.
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Smoking tobacco harms nearly every organ in the body
Smoking is dangerous to children, babies and adults
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SMOKING IS THE LEADING PREVENTABLE DEATH CAUSE IN THE US
- More than 480,000 peopLe each year in the US
- About 1/5 is caused by smoking
- 10 times more of deaths are from cigarettes, more than people that have died in wars
- Risks of dying have increased over the last 50 years in men and women
- More than 16 million people already have at least one disease due to smoking
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HEALTH RISKS
- Coronary heart disease 2 to 4 (Highest Risk)
- Stroke by 2 to 4 (Highest Risk)
- Men develoving lung cancer by 25 times
- Women develop lung cancer by 25.7 times
- Cancer (Highest Risk)
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CHEMICALS
- 250 chemicals in a cigarette
- 69 chemicals can cause cancer
- Polonium-210 (radioactive chemical element)
- Polonium-210 powers radioscope
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