Choose Healthy Stuff

Stub out Smoking!

Risk Factors

Fact or Fiction?

Throughout the presentation you will be asked to read the following statements & decide if they are fact or fiction!

Stub out Smoking?

How many chemicals are in

one cigarette?

OVER 4,000

What’s in a cigarette?

Butane

Lighter fluid

DDT/Delidrin

Insecticides

Methanol

Jet fuel

Hydrogen Cyanide

Gas chamber poison

Formaldehyde

Preserves animals in museums

Arsenic

Poison

Toluene

Industrial solvent

Ethanol

Alcohol

Cadmium

Batteries

Lead

Pencil

3 most harmful chemicals are:

Nicotine – Addiction

Carbon monoxide -COPD

Tar

Carbon monoxide - Heart attack & stroke

Fact or Fiction

Smoking can cause high blood pressure

Fact

Fact or Fiction

Nicotine takes 1 minute to get to the brain

Fiction

How many cigarettes a day are in this jar of tar?

Tar

20 cigarettes a day for a

year

What will happen to my body if I smoke?

Tar dyes the lungs black &

can cause COPD

Arteries to the heart get blocked

= heart attack

Arteries to the brain get blocked

= stroke

What will happen to my body if I smoke?

• Yellow teeth, hair and nails;• Bad breath• Deep wrinkles• Increases the risk of diabetes type 2• Possible Cancer

Fact

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Every second counts!

Fact or Fiction

My lungs will repair themselves once I quit smoking

Fiction

Help someone to quit!

− If you know someone who wants to quit – REMEMBER it is there choice

− They can get help from:

Doctors/PharmacistCommunity support groups

Smoker’s Helpline: 0808 812 8008

www.want2stop.info

Stop Smoking Apps

NHS stop smoking AppNHS Smokefree App

NICHS Advice

Eat a balanced

diet

Kids60 mins. of

P.Aa day

Stub out smoking