SMOKING EFFECTS

CIGARETTES

• Cigarette smoke has over 7000 chemicals
• Many cause cancer and harm your body
• 18% (42 million) U.S citizens smoke cigarettes

CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTES

• Cyanide
• Benzene
• Methanol
• Ammonia

CYANIDE

• Deadly poisonous gas
• Large amounts can kill instantly
• Also effects people around you

BENZENE

• Cancer causing agent
• Also used in pesticides and gasoline

METHANOL

• Rocket fuel
• Used in explosives

AMMONIA

• Used in window and floor cleaner
• Used to "boost" the nicotine

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LUNG CANCER

• 90% of lung cancer patients are smokers
• 440,000 people die a year from lung cancer
• Leading cause is smoking cigarettes

SOURCES

• http://www.lung.org/associations/states/colorado/tobacco/
• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/questionsaboutsmoki...
• http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/lung-cancer/resources/facts-figures/lung-c...
• http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/whats-in-a-cig...