The Effects of Smoking
By: Ms Hope
TODAY’S GOAL: Understand the effects of cigarette smoke on the body
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death.
1 in every 5 deaths is caused by cigarette smoking
HIV
Cigarettes kill more people than all of these combined
Suicides Drugs
Motor Vehicle Injuries
Alcohol Murders
On average smokers die
13 to 14 years earlier
than nonsmokers
Compared with Nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of…
• coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times• stroke by 2 to 4 times• men developing lung cancer by 23 times• women developing lung cancer by 13 times• dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.
Coronary Heart Disease
Exercise Tolerance
Blood Pressure
Blood Clots
A Smoker’s Red Blood Cell
CANCER
Rates of cancers related to cigarette smoking vary widely among members
of racial/ethnic groups but are the highest among African-American men.
Emphysema
Occurs when the tiny air sacs in the
lungs become inflamed, over-stretched, and
rupture
BronchitisAn inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection
Pneumonia
Inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection
Cigarettes create over 4,000 chemicals when burned
Cigarette chemicals
damage the collagen
and elastin in the skin
which leads to
Premature Wrinkles
Smoking yellows teeth, fingers, and nails
Smoking while pregnant causes…
• Infertility• Preterm delivery• Low birth weight• Stillbirth• SIDS
Michigan Statistics
Why is all of this important???
More than 80% of adult smokers begin smoking before age 18.
Class Activity
• Now we are going to the gym and you are going to see what it feels like to be a long-term smoker.
• Does anyone have Asthma?