Planning 10: Smoking Assignment

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Smoking

smoking facts:

Website: http://www.smoking-facts.net/Teen-Smoking-Facts.html http://www.lung.ca/protect-protegez/tobacco-tabagisme/facts-faits/index_e.php

-Tobacco use primarily begins in early adolescence, typically by age 16. - Each day 3,000 children smoke their first cigarette. - Of every 100,000 15 year old smokers, tobacco will prematurely kill at least 20,000 before the age of 70. - More than 90 percent of adult smokers started when they were teens. - Smoking-related diseases cause an estimated 440,000 American deaths each year. - Women account for 39 percent of all smoking deaths.

- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -Lung cancer -Cancer of the mouth, lip, throat and voice box -Cancer of the pancreas -Breast cancer -Cervical cancer -Stomach cancer -Liver cancer -Kidney cancer -Bladder cancer -Leukemia -Coronary heart disease (e.g., heart attacks) -Circulatory problems -High blood pressure -High cholesterol -Pneumonia -Influenza -The common cold- Peptic ulcers -Tooth decay (cavities) -Gum disease -Osteoporosis -Sleep problems -Cataracts