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Facts about smoking

American Lung Association

  • Every year in the U.S. over 392,000 people die from tobacco-caused disease, making it the leading cause of preventable death
  • Smoking cost the United States over $193 billion in 2004, including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct health care expenditures, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker
  • Smokers die significantly earlier than nonsmokers: 13.2 years for men and 14.5 years for women.

Center for disease control & prevention

  • About 1 in 5 adults smoke
  • 4 out of 10 nonsmokers(88 million people) are exposed to secondhand smoke.
  • More than 1 out of 2 kids(aged 3–11 years) are exposed to secondhand smoke.

Health Hazards of smoking

American Lung Association

  • Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. 
  • About 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
  • Among current smokers, chronic lung disease accounts for 73 percent of smoking-related conditions.
  • Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, and is a main cause of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema).
  • It is also a cause of coronary heart disease, stroke and a host of other cancers and diseases.
  • Smoking in pregnancy accounts for an estimated 20 to 30 percent of low-birth weight babies, up to 14 percent of preterm deliveries, and some 10 percent of all infant deaths.

Whats in a cigarette?

American Lung association

  • Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke, and other places they are found:
    1. Acetone – found in nail polish remover
    2. Acetic Acid –  an ingredient in hair dye
    3. Ammonia – a common household cleaner
    4. Arsenic – used in rat poison
    5. Benzene – found in rubber cement
    6. Butane – used in lighter fluid
    7. Cadmium – active component in battery acid
    8. Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
    9. Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
    10. Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
    11. Lead – used in batteries
    12.  Napthalene – an ingredient in moth balls
    13.  Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
    14. Nicotine – used as insecticide
    15. Tar – material for paving roads
    16. Toluene - used to manufacture paint
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Presentation: tobacco 101

The following is a presentation prepared by Marcia Brown-Machen, M.P.H., Program Director for the City of Berkely Tobacco Prevention Program. 
brown-machen-on-tobacco.ppt
File Size: 9980 kb
File Type: ppt
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