Inhale

By: Alexander Murray

 Tic-Tock
• I was born in 1991 if someone started
smoking at that time and quit
smoking a pack a day on February
25th 2010 that person would have
taken three years off his or her life.
Just to break it down that is 315 days.
• Every single time people light up,
they kill off 11 minutes of their lives.
 Cancer
• 200,000 people in the United
States each year are
diagnosed with lung cancer .
• According to the American
Cancer Society, 87 percent of
the lung cancer deaths in the
United States are caused by
smoking.
• Tar is made up of over 4,000
chemicals, 60 of which are
known to cause cancer. Tar is
the main ingredient in smoke.
 Bad effects
Lungs

Teeth

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 Types of smoking?
• A Current smoker is a person who has smoked 100 cigarettes in a
lifetime and now smokes every day or some days. 

A former smoker is a person who has smoked 100 cigarettes in a

lifetime and now does not smoke at all. 

A never smoker is a person who has never smoked a cigarette or has

never smoked 100 cigarettes in a lifetime.

• A Light smoker is one who smokes 5 or fewer cigarettes per day and
occasional smoker.

A Moderate smoker is one who smokes 6 to 21 cigarettes a day.

A Heavy smoker is one who smokes more than 21 cigarettes a day. 

 $$$
This habit is extremely expensive, but don’t take my word for it…

“Cigarettes, dry cleaning, insurance -- you can even lose your job. A 40-year-old
who quits and puts the savings into a 401(k) could save almost $250,000 by
age 70.”

“A pack-a-day smoker burns through

about $31.50 per week, or $1,638 per
year.” ($4-5 per pack)
 How to quit
“S = Set a quit date.
T = Tell family, friends, and co-workers that
you plan to quit.
A = Anticipate and plan for the challenges
you'll face while quitting.
R = Remove cigarettes and other tobacco
products from your home, car, and work.
T = Talk to your doctor about getting help
to quit.”
•See a doctor
• Self help site
• Seek out some alternative medications.
• A way that will work just for you.
•Telephone-based help to stop
Smoking.
•Nicotine replacement therapy.

or other ways that have been known to work.

 Cites
• http://health.yahoo.com/smoking-resources/s
moker-s-life-span/healthwise--calc013.html
• http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4564403_s
moking-cause-cancer.html
• http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinf
o/smokingandcancer_typesmoking.htm
• http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insuran
ce/InsureYourHealth/HighCostOfSmoking.aspx
• http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoki
ng_cessation.htm