Don't Use Tobacco
Tobacco
Statistics
Over 20% of all deaths in the US are from Tobacco
More than 600,000 non-smokers die each year from secondhand smoke worldwide
One person dies every 6 seconds froma tobacco related disease
Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals
Nearly 16% of high school students smoke cigarettes
7.3% of high school students use smokeless tobacco
Bodily Effects
Nicotene causes you to become addicted
28 of the chemicals in tobacco are linked to cancer
Can cause bladder, blood, cervix, colon and rectum, esophagus, kidney and ureter, larynx, liver, pancreas, stomach, and lung cancer.
Loss of teeth
Can cause type 2 diabetes
Sports & Activities
Smoking makes it hard to breathe, making it harder to run and perform in sports.
Works Cited
Ash.org
Cancer.gov
Cdc.gov