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How Nicotine Affects People

HOW NICOTINE AFFECTS PEOPLE The addictive substance in tobacco, nicotine is absorbed into the lungs through smoking or through the nose through smokeless tobacco. It then spreads throughout the body, causing a range of effects. And nicotine addiction can cause permanent effects. 12-2° mg AVERAGE AMOUNT OF NICOTINE FROM SMOKING ONE CIGARETTE mg Youth smoking EVERY DAY, ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE UNDER 18 BECOME DAILY SMOKERS. THAT'S ABOUT THE POPULATION OF THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL. (80 of those 1-4 1-2 people will smoke into adulthood High school students who smoke Young people who smoke will die 13 years sooner than their peers Why do young people, smoke? 50% OFF EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN MOVIES EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO ADVERTISING ACCESSIBILITY, AVAILABILITY AND PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCT CHEAP SMOKES AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR (E.G., FIGHTING, CARRYING WEAPONS) USE AND APPROVAL OF TOBACCO USE BY PEERS OR SIBLINGS LACK OF SKILLS TO RESIST INFLUENCES TO TOBACCO USE SMOKING BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AND/OR LACK OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR INVOLVEMENT A PERCEPTION THAT TOBACCO USE IS THE NORM LOW SELF-IMAGE OR SELF-ESTEEM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS LOW LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TOBACCO USE DURING ADOLESCENCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL RISKY BEHAVIORS XXX HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOR USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF OTHER DRUGS AGE Who smokes? 21 22 23 9- 4% .6% 3% ARE 18-24 YEARS OF AGE ARE 45-64 ARE 25-44 ARE 65 YEARS OF YEARS OF AGE YEARS OF AGE AGE AND OLDER 45 3 MILLION ADULTS WHO ARE REGULAR SMOKERS GENDER 183% 23 C 15 WOMEN WHO SMOKE WOMEN WHO MEN WHO SMOKE WHILE PREGNANT SMOKE How do cigarettes affect the body? 4:800 CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTE SMOKE BUTANE METHANE ARSENIC HEXAMINE CARBON MONOXIDE CADMIUM PAINT METHANOL STERIC ACID HYDROGEN CYANIDE AMMONIA Tobacco kills over 20 times more people than murder SMOKING RESULTS THAT INCLUDES 54. IN A DEATH EVERY 80 MILLION -0/ 6.. Non-smoking Americans who are exposed to second hand smoke daily OF ALL CHILDREN AGES 3-11 5 SECONDS. WHAT KINDS OF ILLNESS AND DEATH ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING? About half of allI Americans who keep smoking will die because of the habit. Each year about 443,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use. Smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined. CANCER CAUSED BY SMOKING CIGARETTES ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST Pharynx (throat) 30% OF ALL CANCER DEATHS. Larynx (voice box) It is linked with an increased risk of these cancers: Lung -Stomach SMOKING CAUSES 80% Oral cavity (mouth, tongue, and lips) OF LUNG CANCERS Esophagus (tube connecting the throat to the stomach) OTHER EFFECTS ON THE BODY BRONCHITIS Pancreas BLADDER EMPHYSEMA ANEURYSMS Cervix KIDNEY SERIOUS GENETIC DAMAGE COLORECTAL OVARY HEART DISEASE STILLBIRTH (A type called mucinous ovarian GUM DISEASE cancer) CATARACTS ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA STROKE BONE THINNING HIP FRACTURES LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PEPTIC ULCERS Smoking, lifespan and quality of life YEARS OF LIFE LOST BY THE AVERAGE SMOKER 13 14 MEN WOMEN 6 MILLION SMOKING CAN IMPAIR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE AMERICANS WHO SUFFER AT BY MAKING IT HARDER TO BREATHE, GET LEAST ONE CHRONIC DISEASE AROUND, WORK OR ENGAGE IN LEISURE RELATED TO SMOKING ACTIVITIES. HIDDEN COST OF SMOKING INCREASED DECREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS LIFE INSURANCE RATES VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE MEDICATION USE HEALTH INSURANCE RATES LESS VALUE FOR YOUR CAR CAR INSURANCE RATES HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE RATES YYY 8.

How Nicotine Affects People

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Nicotine is a highly additive substance that is added to tobacco. When you choose to light up a cigarette or use smokeless tobacco, one to two milligrams of nicotine is released into the body. Through...

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