TOBACCO FREE

TYPES OF TOBACCO

• Cigarettes (contain 43 cancer cuasing compounds imclouding nicotine.)
• Pipes which are just shreds of tobacco in a pipe that you light and smoke.
• Cigars are shredded tobacco leaves wrapped in a big tobacco leaf.
• Dip is a tobacco leaf just shredded as small as possible.
• Chewing tobacco is just a bunch of leaves bunched up to chew.

BETTER WAYS THAN SAYING NO.

• Walk away from the problem.
• Start a new conversation.
• Ignore the question completely.

WHY TEENS USE TOBACCO

• " I want to look cool".
• "My friends do it".
• "My mom & dad do it".
• "Being curious"
• "I saw a celebrity do it"

FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO

• A single puff contains more than 4,000 chemicals
• At least 43 chemicals cause cancer in smokers.
• 400,000 people die in the U.S. From a smoking related illness.

WHY SAYING NO IS GOOD

• Significantly lower risk for respiratory diseases.
• Significantly lower risk for punctured lungs.
• Significantly lower risk for mouth diseases.
• And you will not smell stinky!