A taste of Cigarette: A taste of Death

Jamaica Lafuente

Do you know that….Pack-a-day smokers

6 years shorter

Two-packs-a-day smokers

8 years shorter

70%

250 FILIPINOS DIE EVERY DAY

BECAUSE OF SMOKING!!!

Why does a smoker smokes?

Properties of Tobacco

• Hundreds of mutagens• Carcinogens• 4000 chemicals 600 of those are:

• irritants like ammonia• ethyl 2-furoate• sclareol• carbon monoxide• radioactive polonium

NICOTINE•Alkaline substance present in cigarettes•Natural part of tobacco•Drug

• Byproduct of cannabis• Product of tobacco products• Harmful poison

TAR

• American Cancer Societylow-yielding cigarettes

16% lower mortality risk14% lower risk of heart disease 26% lower risk of lung cancer

non-smokers 34% lower mortality risk40% lower risk of heart disease85% lower risk of lung cancer

*lower yielding cigarettes contains 17.6 mg tar, 1.2 mg nicotine higher-yielding brands contains 25.8 mg tar, 2.0 mg nicotine

1/3 of all cancers are linked to tobacco use

90% of which are lung cancer

Emphysema

smoker

pollutes the air

4% 96%

•50X carcinogens•3X lung cancer

Respiratory illnesses:

•Colds•Influenza•Bronchitis•Asthma•Pneumonia

71.1M(28%) FILIPINOS

15% (2003) 21.6% (2007)