21. Untitled Document smoking and your health. Why do you smoke? Smokers smoke in large part because of the addictive factors of nicotine. Cigarette smoking http://www.ucsf.edu/nosmoke/healthinfopage.htm

Smoking and Your Health Why do you smoke? Smokers smoke in large part because of the addictive factors of nicotine. Cigarette smoking offers immediate reinforcement. Nicotine affects mood and performance and has been clearly implicated as the source of addiction to tobacco. People smoke to deliver desired doses of nicotine to their bodies, with certain rates of delivery and intervals between doses; these behaviors tend to be consistent for a person from day to day. Consequences of Smoking Diseases caused by cigarette smoking will kill approximately 25% of smokers. People typically think of lung cancer as the only cause of death caused by smoking, but actually there many other diseases related to cigarette smoking: Cardiovascular Diseases 202,000 Cancer 142,000 Respiratory Disease 83,000 Other Causes 7,000

22. How Smoking Affects Your Unborn Child smoking and your health. Parenting is a demanding job. You need to be in peak condition. And you. Smoking and Your Family s Health. http://www.quitsmoking.com/kopykit/reports/unborn.htm

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23. It's Your Life Life . This is the game show where we find out some funky facts about cigarettes, smoking and your health! I m your host Larry Barber. http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthpromotion/pamphlets/smoking/

Well hello there! You're our next lucky contestant on "It's Your Life" . This is the game show where we find out some funky facts about cigarettes, smoking and your health! I'm your host Larry Barber With the help of my lovely assistants Miss Sasha and Miss Adreana and our resident expert Mrs Crabb we're going to have a lot of fun and learn heaps of interesting new stuff! For each of our games write down the answer you think is right and when you've finished each games check and see if you got the answers right by clicking on the answers button....you might be in for a few surprises! Oh and along the way there are also hints for the trickier questions, just click on the hints button... And now, on with the show...... Our first game today is.... The Price is Right In this game you have to choose which of the options in the second table you could purchase with the money a smoker would spend on cigarettes in one week, one month or one year or the amount of money the Australian government spends on the health care of smokers each year. The costs of smoking One Weeks Supply Of Cigarettes...

24. Section S1: Smoking And Your Health BREATHE EASY smoking and your health. HOW DO WE REALLY KNOW SMOKING IS HARMFUL? Evidence has been accumulating for years relating cigarette smoking to disease. http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/breathe/Sects.htm

BREATHE EASY Smoking and Your Health HOW DO WE REALLY KNOW SMOKING IS HARMFUL? Evidence has been accumulating for years relating cigarette smoking to disease. As cigarette consumption in the first half of this century increased, many began to suspect a connection with lung cancer. Several pioneering studies published in the 1940s and 1950s established this link. However, the evidence was not universally accepted and was challenged especially by tobacco companies during this period. In the 1950s, to help resolve the issue, the U.S. Public Health Service reviewed the published evidence from all parts of the world. Based on evidence accumulated up until l957, Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney stated ". . . excessive smoking is one of the causative factors in lung cancer." An official "Public Health Statement" reinforcing this position was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, November 28, 1959. This official government position formed the basis for further developments in the l960s. In l962 the British Government issued its own report, concluding: "Cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer and bronchitis, and probably contributes to the development of coronary heart disease . . .". About this time other studies linked cigarettes to various diseases. As a result many people, including U.S. congressmen, called for further investigation.

25. ZYBAN: Smoking 101 smoking and your health Perhaps you ve already felt the damage caused by smoking in your own body — shortness of breath, longlasting chest colds, and http://www.zyban.com/zp_6100.html

What happens when I smoke? Smoking affects your body and mind in many different ways. This page helps to explain these effects and provides links to helpful sites for more information. As You Inhale When you take a puff from a cigarette, the smoke passes through your mouth and throat on its way to the lungs. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including some that are toxic or cancer-causing such as benzene, formaldehyde, and arsenic. These chemicals irritate the tissues they come in contact with. When the smoke reaches the lungs, it deposits a sticky substance called tar. In The Blood Many chemicals in cigarette smoke are absorbed into the blood through the lungs. Carbon monoxide, the same gas that is in automobile exhaust, takes the place of some of the oxygen in your blood. This means that all of your organs receive less oxygen. Nicotine Another chemical that enters your bloodstream through cigarette smoke is nicotine. Repeated use of nicotine may lead to addiction. To learn more about addiction, follow this link Smoking and Your Lungs Cigarette smoke comes in direct contact with your lungs, greatly increasing your risk of cancer and respiratory problems like emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Fortunately, many harmful effects of smoking are reversible if you quit. For more information on how smoking affects your lungs, check out

26. Smoking And Your Health smoking and your health. Everybody knows that smoking is bad for your health. You may have noticed that you are not as physically http://www.nicabatecq.com.au/quitting/SmokingHealth.html

Smoking and your health Financial reasons Social reasons Effects on your family Smoking and Your Health Everybody knows that smoking is bad for your health. You may have noticed that you are not as physically fit as you once were due to smoking. You will have seen the health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertisements. Your doctor or pharmacist may even have recommended to you that you quit. However, it is important to realise that, while nicotine is responsible for the physical dependence of smoking, it is not directly responsible for the effects of smoking on health. These effects are caused by some of the other chemicals in cigarette smoke, such as carbon monoxide (found in car exhaust fumes), ammonia (found in floor cleaner), and arsenic (found in rat poison). The information displayed on this site is intended for Australian audiences only. Privacy Statement Use only as directed. Always read the label. Ask your pharmacist for advice. Last updated June 2002

27. HealthStatus.com - Health Risk Assessments And Calculators Free reports on body fat percentage, body mass index, calorie burning activities, target heart rate and smoking costs. Online health risk assessment which provides resources based on your health risks. http://www.healthstatus.com

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28. CNN - Why Cigarettes Can Be A Woman's Worst Enemy - November 8, 1999 smoking increases your risk of cervical and rectal cancer; worsens your period; damages your fertility; hurts your unborn baby; ages you; attacks your heart. http://cnn.com/HEALTH/women/9911/08/women.smoking.2.wmd/index.html

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29. Smoking And Your Digestive System smoking and your Digestive System. On this page Top For More Information. Information about smoking and health is available from. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/smoking/

Email To A Friend Home Digestive Diseases A-Z List of Topics and Titles : Smoking and Your Digestive System Smoking and Your Digestive System On this page: Harmful Effects Heartburn Peptic Ulcer Liver Disease ... For More Information Cigarette smoking causes a variety of life-threatening diseases, including lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease. An estimated 430,000 deaths each year are directly caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking is responsible for changes in all parts of the body, including the digestive system. This fact can have serious consequences because it is the digestive system that converts foods into the nutrients the body needs to live. Current estimates indicate that about one-third of all adults smoke. And, while adult men seem to be smoking less, women and teenagers of both sexes seem to be smoking more. How does smoking affect the digestive system of all these people? Top Harmful Effects Smoking has been shown to have harmful effects on all parts of the digestive system, contributing to such common disorders as heartburn and peptic ulcers. It also increases the risk of Crohn's disease and possibly gallstones. Smoking seems to affect the liver, too, by changing the way it handles drugs and alcohol. In fact, there seems to be enough evidence to stop smoking solely on the basis of digestive distress. Top Heartburn Heartburn is common among Americans. More than 60 million Americans have heartburn at least once a month, and about 15 million have it daily.

30. In The Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered PBS show shows smoking damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line. http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_smoking.html

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31. Bbc.co.uk- Health - Women's Health: Homepage Covers issues such as your body, mind, sexual health, health and beauty, risk factors such as smoking and drinking and a calorie counter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens

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32. Tobacco And Oral Health Articles on smoking and periodontal disease, cigars and oral health, spit tobacco and oral health, sports and spit tobacco. http://www.floss.com/tobacco_and_oral_health.htm

Smoking and Periodontal Disease Smoking creates environment for periodontal-causing bacteria to exist and to thrive. Smokers have higher levels of periodontal pathogenic bacteria than nonsmokers. Cigars and Oral Health Cigar smoking is not a safe alternative to cigarettes as many believe. The ADA even warns that even occasional cigar smoking may pose serious health risks. Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Health Spit tobacco contains at least 28 known cancer-causing chemicals and the addictive drug nicotine. The chemicals can lead to cancer of the mouth and throat. Nicotine can get you hooked on spit tobacco. Photos Can Help Athlete's Quit Tobacco Viewing graphic photos of mouth cancers and receiving dental counseling may help persuade college athletes to give up chewing tobacco. National Cancer Institute: Why Do You Smoke? Great American Smokeout The entertaining anti-smoking resource for students....games, news, info from the American Cancer Society. Tobacco is highly addictive; it is very easy to get hooked. Addictive behaviors are very hard to change.

33. You Can Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking Pamphlet with tips on avoiding weight gain and quitting. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/w8quit-smoke/index.htm

Return to Federal Citizen Information Center Home Page Will I Gain Weight if I Stop Smoking? Health Risks of Smoking Benefits of Quitting ... Additional Resources If you want to stop smoking but are worried about gaining weight, this brochure may help you. Many ex-smokers do gain a few pounds, but only a few gain a lot of weight. The best action you can take to improve your health is to quit smoking. Smoking is much more harmful to your health than gaining a few pounds. Making some simple changes, like developing healthier eating and physical activity habits, should help you control your weight gain when you quit smoking. Will I Gain Weight if I Stop Smoking? Not everyone gains weight when they stop smoking. On average, people who quit smoking gain only about 10 pounds. You are more likely to gain weight when you stop smoking if you have smoked for 10 to 20 years or smoked one or more packs of cigarettes a day. You can control your weight while you quit smoking by making healthy eating and physical activity a part of your life. Although you might gain a few pounds, remember you have stopped smoking and taken a big step toward a healthier life. What causes weight gain after quitting?

34. SECONDHAND SMOKE Effects of secondhand smoke; Protecting your health what you can do to reduce the health risks of passive smoking, at home, where children spend time, in the workplace, in restaurants and bars http://www.openseason.com/annex/library/cic/X0001_2ndsmoke.txt.html

SECONDHAND SMOKE WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT SECONDHAND SMOKE AS PARENTS, DECISIONMAKERS, AND BUILDING OCCUPANTS WHAT IS SECONDHAND SMOKE? * Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. * This mixture contains more than 4,000 substances, more than 40 of which are known to cause cancer in humans or animals and many of which are strong irritants. * Secondhand smoke is also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); exposure to secondhand smoke is called involuntary smoking, or passive smoking. SECONDHAND SMOKE CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER IN NONSMOKERS * Secondhand smoke has been classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a known cause of lung cancer in humans (Group A carcinogen). * Passive smoking is estimated by EPA to cause approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers each year. SECONDHAND SMOKE IS A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK TO CHILDREN * The developing lungs of young children are also affected by exposure to secondhand smoke.

35. Lasertherapie Light And Health Raucherentwöhnung Stop Smoking Netherlands service applies a laser to your meridian points which is claimed to help quit smoking. http://www.lightandhealth.nl/engels/index.htm

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37. Smoking And Health smoking and health. After 10 to 15 years of nonsmoking, your risk of heart attack is about the same as that of someone who has never smoked. Smokers’ cough. http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3331_367563__langId-en,00.html

Advanced search Choose province Canada-wide Alberta/N.W.T. British Columbia/Yukon Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland/Labrador Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Cancer information Risk reduction Research Statistics ... Cancer Information Service Smoking and health What in cigarette smoke causes disease? Cigarette smoke is composed of a large number of different substances that affect many parts of the body. Cigarette “tar” – a short name for the condensed solid particles in smoke – contains about 4,000 known chemicals, including poisons, and 50 cancer-causing substances Many have been linked to disease. Some of the chemicals and poisonous gases in cigarette smoke are: arsenic acetone (used in paint stripper and nail polish remover) ammonia carbon monoxide cyanide mercury nicotine lead Heart and circulatory disease, lung and other cancers, emphysema and chronic bronchitis have been linked with a number of these substances. How cigarettes are harmful The moment the smoke from cigarettes touches the lips, it begins to attack living cells. It continues to do so wherever it goes: mouth tongue throat esophagus air passages lungs stomach The cigarette’s breakdown products eventually reach the: bladder pancreas kidneys breast colon cervix Nicotine Nicotine (found naturally in tobacco plants) is a powerful stimulant to the brain and central nervous system. It is extremely addictive. When inhaling cigarette smoke:

38. Cigarette Smoking Affects Your Health - Stop Smoking! smoking causes your arteries to narrow, just as high blood pressure does. So, if you smoke and you have high blood pressure your http://www.bpassoc.org.uk/information/risk_factors/smoking.htm

Smoking and high blood pressure How does smoking affect high blood pressure? Smoking is, like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, a risk factor for heart attack, heart failure and stroke. The more risk factors you have, the greater your risks of having a heart attack or stroke. Therefore if you smoke and have high blood pressure, you are much more at risk than if you have high blood pressure alone. Smoking causes your arteries to narrow, just as high blood pressure does. So, if you smoke and you have high blood pressure your arteries will narrow much more quickly. Back to Top What is available to help me stop smoking? Stopping smoking starts to reduce your risk of heart disease immediately and your risk of having a heart attack falls by half in the first year. Stopping smoking requires commitment but willpower is often not enough. Effective treatments for nicotine addiction are available on the NHS. They are: specialist 'behavioural support', nicotine replacement (patch, gum, microtab, inhaler, nasal spray or lozenge, and Zyban (bupropion hydrochloride). Your best chance of stopping smoking comes from attending a specialist NHS smoking cessation clinic and using the appropriate medication. Your doctor should be able to make a referral for you. If it is not possible to attend a clinic then, with the advice of your doctor, you should consider one of the nicotine replacement therapies.

39. Discovery Health :: Smoking And Diabetes No matter how long you ve smoked, your health will improve after you quit. smoking Hurts your health The bestknown effect of smoking is that it causes cancer. http://health.discovery.com/centers/diabetes/ada/heart/smoking.html

June 11, 2004 EDT Smoking and Diabetes From American Diabetes Association Tobacco has many bad health effects, particularly for people with diabetes. No matter how long you've smoked, your health will improve after you quit. Nicotine, the drug in tobacco, is one of the most addictive substances known. Besides the physical addiction, many smokers also become psychologically hooked on cigarettes. So kicking the habit is hard, but worth the work. There are many methods you can try to help you quit and stay away from smoking for good. Smoking Hurts Your Health The best-known effect of smoking is that it causes cancer. Smoking can also aggravate many problems that people with diabetes already face, such as heart and blood vessel disease.: Smoking cuts the amount of oxygen reaching tissues. The decrease in oxygen can lead to a heart attack, stroke, miscarriage, or stillbirth. Smoking increases your cholesterol levels and the levels of some other fats in your blood, raising your risk of a heart attack. Smoking damages and constricts the blood vessels. This damage can worsen foot ulcers and lead to blood vessel disease and leg and foot infections.

40. Smoking And Your Child: What Parents Should Know Ask your doctor about treatments, such as nicotine gum that are available to help you to quit smoking. Canadian health Network www.canadianhealth-network.ca http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/healthy/Tobacco.htm

Smoking and your child: What parents should know Smoke from cigarettes and other tobacco products can harm children. If a woman smokes while she is pregnant, her baby is more likely to be born preterm (before 9 months) and weigh less than other babies. If children are exposed to cigarette smoke, they are more likely to have asthma, allergies, ear infections and eczema (a skin condition). They are also at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Children exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to be hospitalized for breathing problems. Most children start smoking between the ages of 11 and 13 years. Here’s how you can prevent your child from smoking. Keep your home smoke-free. Choose a nonsmoking child care centre. Help your child understand the short term effects of smoking: cigarettes smell bad, and they stain teeth, clothes and fingers. They also make it harder to participate in sports. Teach your child how cigarette advertisements paint a false picture that smoking is glamorous. If your child has not smoked yet, praise her.

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