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Smoking awareness
By Shyam Mistry
Hello and welcome to my
presentation that is all
about making people
aware about the dangers
and the effects of
smoking. ENJOY!
Quiz.
How it can kill
you
Video on what
can happen to
you if you smoke
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How you can
stop
The effects of
smoking
Finished?
The effects of smoking
• Raises a person's blood pressure and heart rate.
• Decreases a person's blood flow to body extremities like the
fingers and toes.
• The brain and the nervous system is stimulated for a short
time and then reduced.
• Dizziness.
• Nausea.
• Watery eyes.
• Hyperacidity.
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• Weakened sense of taste and smell.
• Loss of appetite.
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Effects of smoking cont.
• Nicotine speeds up the heart rate and increases blood
pressure.
• First time smokers often feel sick and dizzy.
• Smokers are more likely to get coughs and chest infections.
• Long-term addiction could leave you with cancer,
emphysema (related to your lungs) or heart disease.
• Smoking has been linked to the amputation of 2,000 limbs
a year.
• It's estimated smoking contributes to 120,000 premature
deaths in the UK every year.
• Other people breathing in your smoke could end up with
breathing difficulties, asthma or even cancer.
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How to stop smoking
• Everyone knows that smoking is one of the hardest things
to quit as it is so addictive, therefore you must use ways to
get your mind off it e.g. Sports, joining new clubs, etc
• . Try and avoid alcohol, sugar and coffee
• Take substitutes for cigarette like nicotine patches, chewing
gum or herbal cigarette
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video
• Here is a video about what could happen to you if you
smoke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hySFt8O11A&feature=related
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How it can kill you
• It can cause many types of cancer e.g. Lung cancer, throat
cancer
• Heart disease
• Can cause breathing difficulties and be worse for those
which have cancer.
• So if you are not already addicted now you know all it will
cause is and early grave and possibly put in lots of debt, so
what is the point of starting to smoke?
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Quiz
Smoking quiz
Does smoking damage your liver?
yes
no
Incorrect!
• Unlucky smoking mainly causes damage to
the throat and lungs!
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Correct!
• No it does not cause damage to your
liver...well done!!!
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Smoking quiz
How many premature deaths a year does
smoking contribute to? (UK only)
120,000
100,000
Incorrect!
Unlucky smoking contribute to 120,000
deaths in the UK a year!!!
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Correct!
• yes it does contribute to 120,000 deaths a
year in the UK...well done!
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Smoking quiz
• Can smoking cause you to lose your limbs?
yes
no
Incorrect!
• Unlucky it is estimated that smoking has
been linked to 2,000 limb amputations a
year (UK only)
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Correct!
• You are right smoking is proved to be linked
with 2,000 limb amputation a year...well
done!
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• Is a way to stop smoking by drinking lots of
alcohol?
yes
no
Incorrect!
• Unlucky drinking alcohol will do nothing to
help you with stopping smoking and will just
cause you liver damage.
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Correct!
• No it will not help you in any way...well
done!
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Smoking quiz
• What types of cancer did the man in the
video have?
Leukaemia and
lung cancer
Throat and lung
cancer
Incorrect!
• Unlucky the man in the video suffered from
lung and throat cancer
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Correct!
• He did have throat and lung cancer...well
done!
Marking scheme
Marking scheme
0 correct: F
1 correct: E
2 correct: D
3 correct: C
4 correct: B
5 correct: A
Goodbye!
• Thank you for watching and taking part in
the quiz I hoped you enjoyed it.
• By Shyam Mistry