Q4 PROTECTIVE & RISK FACTORS OF CIGARETTES

• Cigarette smoke contains four thousand chemicals, including cance-causing (carcinogen) compound like nicotine (bug sprays and insecticides), tar (roads), ammonia (cleaning products, hydrogen cyanide (gas changer), arsenic (rat poison), carbon monoxide, and formaldehyde.
• Nicotine is a highly addictive substance in cigarettes. This is the reason why smoking is addictive.
• Why do TEENS start smoking EARLY?

  1. Peer Pressure - think it is cool and they see their friends and peers smoke too.
  2. Curiosity - bored/think that smoking is an available opportunity.
  3. Media Advertisement - targets teenagers making it seem like smoking is cool and are signs of maturity and independence.
  4. Rebellion - show that they have control over everything.
• Why do people NOT smoke?

  1. It is unhealthy.
  2. It is draining money.
  3. It affects one’s athletic ability.
  4. It is a threat to one’s future.
• RISKS FROM SMOKING

  1. Cancer
  2. Chronic Disease
• Mainstream Smokers - directed to inhale smoke from burned cigarettes

  Second hand smoke - inhaled the smoke exhaled by the mainstream smokers.

  Third hand smoke - residual contamination from tobacco smoke that lingers in rooms after smoking stops and remains in clothes.
• IMPACTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING

  1. Smokers are labeled as bad examples to the youth.
  2. Less stamina and less productivity.