!!!

SMOKING!!

! Kelly Laity

This is why you should NOT ever consider smoking!!

I belie

ve that c

igarettes should be

illegal…

and that w

ould make 48

percent of m

en and 12 percent of

women much health

ier, and

prevent lots of a

voidable deaths.

INTRO

Percent of Population that Smokes by Gender:22.3 percent are male smokers.17.4 percent are female smokers.

Smoking Statistics by Age:Ages 18 to 24 years - 22 percentAges 25 to 44 years - 22.8 percentAges 45 to 64 years - 21 percentAges 65 and over - 8 percent

Smoking Statistics by Race:Blacks - 19.8 percentAmerican Indians - 36.4 percentAsians - 9.6 percentHispanics - 13.3 percentWhites - 21.4 percent

Smoking Statistics by Education Level:44 percent of adults with a GED diploma33 percent of adults with 9 to 11 years of education11 percent of adults with an undergraduate college degree6 percent of adults with a graduate college degree

Smoking Statistics by Poverty Status:28.8 percent of adults who smoke live below the poverty level.20.3 percent of adults who smoke live at or above the poverty level.

SOM

E FACTS

American Statistics http://quitsmoking.pharmacydiscountrx.com/stats.html

!!SMOKING SHOULD NOT BE

BANNED

& CIGARETTES SHOULD

NOT BE ILLEGAL!!

“some people are lead to believe the smoking is

impossible to quit.”“Smoking makes th

e smoker

feel calm and happy”

STOP SECOND HAND SMOKING

“When you smoke you inhale up to 4000

chemicals, Enough to make you sick?”

…and that’s only a few…

STOP SECOND HAND SMOKING

…Second-Hand Smoking Kills…

…second-hand.smoke.kills…

Here is a video showing how smoking isn’t all about you. You might not care what happens to you in the end, but you loved ones DO!! http://www.quitnow.info.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/45secTVC.mpeg/$FILE/45secTVC.mpeg

CONCLUSION

…Thank-you for watching my talk about

smoking, and I hope you enjoyed it, and have realized how

smoking WILL affect you…

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.smokingstatistics.org/Australian_Smoking_Statistics_in_2009.asphttp://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/whatsinit.htmhttp://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Smi-Z/Smoking.htmlhttp://quitsmoking.pharmacydiscountrx.com/stats.htmlhttp://www.buzzle.com/articles/diseases-caused-by-smoking.htmlhttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETShttp://quitsmoking.pharmacydiscountrx.com/stats.html