Smoking awarenessBy Shyam Mistry

Hello and welcome to my presentation that is all about making people aware about the dangers and the effects of smoking.

ENJOY!

Video on what can happen to

you if you smoke

The effects of smoking

How it can kill you

Quiz.

How you can stop

Finished?

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The effects of smoking

• Raises a person's blood pressure and heart rate.• Decreases a person's blood flow to body

extremities like the fingers and toes.• The brain and the nervous system is stimulated

for a short time and then reduced.• Dizziness.• Nausea.• Watery eyes.• Hyperacidity.• Weakened sense of taste and smell.• Loss of appetite.

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Effects of smoking cont.• Nicotine speeds up the heart rate and increases

blood pressure.• First time smokers often feel sick and dizzy.• Smokers are more likely to get coughs and chest

infections.• Long-term addiction could leave you with cancer,

emphysema (related to your lungs) or heart disease.

• Smoking has been linked to the amputation of 2,000 limbs a year.

• It's estimated smoking contributes to 120,000 premature deaths in the UK every year.

• Other people breathing in your smoke could end up with breathing difficulties, asthma or even cancer.

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How to stop smoking

• Everyone knows that smoking is one of the hardest things to quit as it is so addictive, therefore you must use ways to get your mind off it e.g. Sports, joining new clubs, etc

• . Try and avoid alcohol, sugar and coffee• Take substitutes for cigarette like nicotine

patches, chewing gum or herbal cigarette

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video

• Here is a video about what could happen to you if you smoke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hySFt8O11A&feature=related

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How it can kill you

• It can cause many types of cancer e.g. Lung cancer, throat cancer

• Heart disease • Can cause breathing difficulties and be worse for

those which have cancer.• So if you are not already addicted now you know

all it will cause is and early grave and possibly put in lots of debt, so what is the point of starting to smoke?

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Smoking quiz

Does smoking damage your liver?

yes no

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• Unlucky smoking mainly causes damage to the throat and lungs!

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Correct!

• No it does not cause damage to your liver...well done!!!

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How many premature deaths a year does smoking contribute to? (UK only)

120,000 100,000

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Unlucky smoking contribute to 120,000 deaths in the UK a year!!!

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• yes it does contribute to 120,000 deaths a year in the UK...well done!

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• Can smoking cause you to lose your limbs?

yes no

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• Unlucky it is estimated that smoking has been linked to 2,000 limb amputations a year (UK only)

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• You are right smoking is proved to be linked with 2,000 limb amputation a year...well done!

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• Is a way to stop smoking by drinking lots of alcohol?

yes no

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• Unlucky drinking alcohol will do nothing to help you with stopping smoking and will just cause you liver damage.

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• No it will not help you in any way...well done!

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Smoking quiz

• What types of cancer did the man in the video have?

Leukaemia and lung cancer

Throat and lung cancer

• Unlucky the man in the video suffered from lung and throat cancer

Incorrect!

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• He did have throat and lung cancer...well done!

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0 correct: F 1 correct: E 2 correct: D 3 correct: C 4 correct: B 5 correct: A

Goodbye!

• Thank you for watching and taking part in the quiz I hoped you enjoyed it.

• By Shyam Mistry