Smoking
Steps to Help You Break the Habit
1
WHAT YOU NEED TOKNOW
2
•
More than 400,000 deaths in theU.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses.
•
Smoking kills an estimated120,000 people each year in theUK. It is a major cause of illnessand premature death – onaverage, persistent smokers die10 years younger than non-smokers.
Tobacco contains over 4,000chemicals, many of whichare harmful. These include:
3
•
Benzene
- solvent used in fuel and chemicalmanufacture
•
Formaldehyde
- highly poisonous, colourlessliquid used to preserve dead bodies
•
Ammonia
- chemical found in cleaning fluids.Used in cigarettes to increase the delivery of nicotine
•
Hydrogen cyanide
- poisonous gas used in themanufacture of plastics, dyes, and pesticides.Often used as a fumigant to kill rats
•
Cadmium
- extremely poisonous metal found inbatteries
•
Acetone
- solvent found in nail polish remover
of 00
Leave a Comment