Smoking

Harmful Effects:

  Smoking effects the human body in a negative way. Smoking increases the chances of coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. The respiratory system is also affected by causing lung diseases, lung cancer and making a health problem worse than it already is.

Data/Statistics:

• Leading cause of preventable disease
• about 15 of ever 100 adults smoked cigarettes
• 1 in every 5 deaths, 480,000 deaths each year
• 17 of every 100 men smoke
• 13 of every 100 women smoke
• 24 of every 1000 adult smoke, 12 years or less of education

Teen percentage:

     90 percent of teens smoke. Most began smoking before the age of 18

  

How can you promote non - smoking?

 smoking can be promoted by giving lectures at school. As well as explaining the effect, complications, and effects smoking does. Also to encourage people not to smoke and to really think about it.