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Everybody Knows That Smoking Is Dangerous

Smoking is dangerous and can cause serious health issues like lung cancer, heart disease, and premature death. It is addictive due to the chemical nicotine and the more one smokes, the more they crave it. Smoking can also harm unborn babies by increasing risks of miscarriage, low birth weight, and lifelong health issues. Children are especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke which can cause asthma, SIDS, and respiratory infections. The Surgeon General warns that secondhand smoke puts children at risk for disease and death.

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Everybody Knows That Smoking Is Dangerous

Smoking is dangerous and can cause serious health issues like lung cancer, heart disease, and premature death. It is addictive due to the chemical nicotine and the more one smokes, the more they crave it. Smoking can also harm unborn babies by increasing risks of miscarriage, low birth weight, and lifelong health issues. Children are especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke which can cause asthma, SIDS, and respiratory infections. The Surgeon General warns that secondhand smoke puts children at risk for disease and death.

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Everybody knows that smoking is dangerous.

Smoking can damage our


body, For Example, your lungs, your brain, and your heart. The poisonous
chemicals in a cigarette can cause death. Think about this, if you smoke you
won't be able to run fast or jump as high if you can't breathe properly.
Another problem is that you can get addicted easily by one of the chemicals
called Nicotine. Nicotine can make you feel hyper sometimes. The more you
smoke, the more you want to continue to smoke. Your body becomes
physically dependent on the drug and begins to crave it
.Smoking can also be dangerous for unborn children. Mothers who smoke are more
likely to suffer from miscarriages, bleeding and nausea, and babies of smoking
mothers have reduced birth weights or may be premature. These babies are more
susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome and may also have lifelong health
complications due to chest infections and asthma.
Why we should quit smoke:

Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the United States.

Smoking causes more than one in five deaths in America.

90 percent of lung cancer in men is directly related to smoking and 80 percent of lung
cancer in women is caused by cigarettes.

About 23 percent of adult men and about 18 percent of adult women smoke.

The highest percentage of people who smoke are between the ages of 25 and 44.

According to the American Heart Association, most adult smokers started smoking when
they were preteens or teenagers. Unfortunately, many young people dont fully
understand the dangers of smoking.

About 60 percent of American children ages 4-11 are exposed to secondhand smoke at
home.

On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.

Since 1965, more than 45 percent of adults who have ever smoked have quit.

You can be one of the millions of people who successfully quit every year.
It is never too late to give up smoking, even those who have smoked for 20
years or more can realize tremendous health benefits from giving up the
habit.

Serious Health Risks to Children


Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke because they are still
developing physically, have higher breathing rates than adults, and have little control over their
indoor environments. Children exposed to high doses of secondhand smoke, such as those whose
mothers smoke, run the greatest relative risk of experiencing damaging health effects.

Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause asthma in children who have not previously
exhibited symptoms.

Exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
.

Infants and children younger than 6 who are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke are
at increased risk of lower respiratory track infections, such as pneumonia and
bronchitis .

Children who regularly breathe secondhand smoke are at increased risk for middle ear
infections .

Health Risks to Children with Asthma

Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease affecting 1 in 13 school aged
children on average.

Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause new cases of asthma in children who have not
previously shown symptoms.

Exposure to secondhand smoke can trigger asthma attacks and make asthma symptoms
more severe.

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The Science Behind the Risks
1. Surgeon General Warning: Secondhand Smoke Puts Children At Risk
On June 27th, 2006, the Surgeon General released a major new report on involuntary exposure to
secondhand smoke, concluding that secondhand smoke causes disease and death in children and
nonsmoking adults. The report finds a causal relationship between secondhand smoke exposure
and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and declares that the home is becoming the
predominant location for exposure of children and adults to secondhand smoke.

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