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Why is Smoking Bad for You? How Does it Cause Heart Disease and Cancer? What is Smoking? •Inhaling tobacco smoke into lungs through a pipe, cigar, or cigarette, and exhaling through nose or mouth. The Origin of Smoking •First began when Native Americans used Peace Pipes. •Became popular in 1900s in U.S. •People didn’t know that smoking was harmful until 50 years ago. Why Do Smokers Start At Young Ages? •Peer pressure •Curiosity •Parents or relatives •Weight loss smoke •Ignorance How is Nicotine Harmful? •A chemical found in cigarettes •Extremely addictive •Alters neurotransmitter's ability to send messages to brain •Brain adjusts to nicotine level •When not smoking, it causes imbalance and anxiety How is Addiction Harmful? •Becomes a habit •Causes chemical imbalance in brain •Feeling of anxiety •Smoke more often, worsens health What Is In A Cigarette? •Ammonia •Carbon Monoxide •Benzene •Arsenic •Acetone •Hydrogen Cyanide •Tar •Formaldehyde •Nicotine Health Consequences (Short Term) •Yellowing of teeth •Gum decay •Eye/throat irritation •Nausea •Headache •Coughing Health Consequences (Long Term) •Respiratory infection •Blood clots •Lung disease •Heart disease •Stroke/paralysis •Cancer How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Allows tar present in smoke to enter bloodstream How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Tar clots arteries and main valves How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Chemicals in smoke damage ventricles How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Creates infection in blood cells How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Heart must work harder to pump How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease? •Heart is weakened and failure is possible How Does Smoking Cause Cancer? •Harmful chemicals enter bloodstream How Does Smoking Cause Cancer? •Irregular cells appear in organs How Does Smoking Cause Cancer? •Cells multiply How Does Smoking Cause Cancer? •Create tumors (generally in lungs) How Does Smoking Cause Lung Disease? •Tar inhaled, builds on lungs How Does Smoking Cause Lung Disease? •Damages air sacs How Does Smoking Cause Lung Disease? •Damages cilia How Does Smoking Cause Lung Disease? •Airways tighten How Does Smoking Cause Lung Disease? •Difficulty breathing What is Secondhand Smoke? •Smoke from a smoldering cigarette, cigar, etc. •More toxic chemicals than exhaled smoke •Causes nausea/headaches in nonsmokers •Causes lung cancer in 3000 nonsmokers each year Bibliography Author Unknown. “Chemicals in Cigarettes.” Harmful Chemicals in Cigarettes and Tobacco Smoke. Sept. 29, 2003. 4/26/04. <http://www.quitsmokingstop.com/harmfulcigarettes.html> Author Unknown. “Health Effects of Smoking Among Young People.” June 15, 2003. Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS). 4/26/04. <http://www.cdc.gov/ tobacco/research_data/youth/stspta5.html> Bibliography Author Unknown. “Sports and the Arts Without Tobacco.” Health Hazards of Tobacco. December 16, 2003. 4/26/04. <http://www.who.in/archives/ntday96/pk 96_3.html> Glantz, Stanton A. “Smoking.” World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Scott Fetzer Company, 2003 ed. Levitsky, Michael G. “Emphysema.”World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Scott Fetzer Company, 2003 ed. About the Author My name is Caitlin Hines. I am 13 years old and I live in Winston Salem, NC. I enjoy playing the clarinet in band and dancing on the competition team at In Motion Dance Center. Smoking is an addictive, unhealthy habit, and the effects are irreversible. The best choice to make is to never start smoking.
