Smoking by Natalie Mix
If you can't stop, cancer will.
Health Problems
- Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death.
- Smoking causes many types of cancer including oral cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, and increases the risk of breast cancer.
- Tobacco causes 5 million deaths worldwide every year.
- Smoking is associated with infertility, preterm delivery, still birth, and SIDS.
- The risk of heart disease is two to four times higher.
Which pair of lungs do you want?
Males are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer if they smoke and females are 13 times more likely.
Do you care about a beautiful smile?
The tobacco in cigarettes and chew causes oral cancer. Your teeth rot and fall out, your gums rot and turn black and you have excruciating pain.
Tobacco Stains
Cigarettes stain not only your teeth but your hands as well. Your finger tips and your fingernails become yellow and black.
Facts About Tobacco
- 5 million people die worldwide every year from tobacco.
- 20.6% of all adults were smokers in the US in 2009
- About 3,900 young people between 12-17 start smoking every day
Ways to Quit
- Chew nicotine gum
- Eat sunflower seeds
- Change your routines