3 ADDICTIONS SMOKING WARM UP Do you smoke? If so, when did you start? Does anybody smoke in your family? Cigarettes and e-cigarettes Smoking is a bad habit because it may cause lots of diseases, shorten your life and cost a lot of money. Vaping (smoking e-cigarettes) also has risks. Starting to use e-cigarettes, or from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, increases your risk of . The safest option is to avoid both smoking and vaping . switching devastating health effects altogether Why do teens start smoking? Teenagers start smoking for a . Some think it looks cool. Others start because their family members or friends smoke. Statistics show that about 9 out of 10 tobacco users start before they are 18 years old. variety of reasons What’s in a cigarette? There are approximately in cigarettes, which, when burnt, create more than 7,000 chemicals . At least 69 of these chemicals can cause cancer and many are toxic. 600 ingredients 1 Smoking effects The consequences of this happen gradually. Over the long term, smoking causes like . People who smoke also have an increased . These diseases limit a person’s ability to be normally active and they can be fatal. Smoking can also cause and can impact sexual health in both men and women. Girls who are on the pill or other hormone-based methods of birth control increase their risk of serious health problems, such as heart attacks if they smoke. Nicotine and the other toxins in cigarettes can also affect a person’s body, which means that teen smokers will rapidly experience problems such as: , , , greater risk of and slower time and increased risk of illness. Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly . When stopping, it can be helpful to know that the first few days are the hardest, so knowing that may help quitting. poisoning health problems 1 heart disease, , emphysema and many types of cancer strokes risk of infections like bronchitis and pneumonia fertility problems yellowish skin bad breath reduced athletic performance injury healing addictive DO Do you know what chemicals are contained in tobacco smoke? If not, surf the net to get information. 1 MORE According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco smoke is the second leading cause of death in the world and the leading cause of avoidable death. The WHO estimates that more than 8 million people die from tobacco use every year worldwide. 1