Smoking

You've heard all about the bad effects of smoking tobacco, but did you know..

There are around 4000 different chemicals in tobacco smoke, including:

Carbon Monoxide - which is found in car exhaust fumes
Cadmium - which is a toxic metal and found in batteries
Ammonia - found in hair dye and bleach
Arsenic - a type of poison
Butane - found in lighter fuel

Lead, mercury, titanium, nitric oxide, formaldehyde and nickel also build up in the lungs of long-term smokers

Regular smokers can develop 'yellow' teeth and fingernails. Very attractive!

Smoking is very expensive -it could cost you as much as a car over a year, or a new mobile phone or pair of trainers over a couple of months.

Other Facts About Smoking

It is illegal for shopkeepers to sell tobacco to anyone under 18.

Tobacco is the most addictive of all drugs. It is VERY EASY to become addicted.

Regular users have a much greater risk of developing lung cancer, heart disease, bronchitis and other health problems. Over 100,000 people die each year in the UK from diseases related to smoking tobacco.

Non-smokers can be affected by the bad effects, just by breathing in someone else's smoke.

Most smokers wish they'd never started. People who have given up smoking generally feel fitter and healthier, and even find they have a better sense of taste.

Contacts - Smoking

Ash

A public health charity campaigning for 'action on smoking and health'

NHS - Smoking quitline

Advice and help with giving up smoking
Tel: 0800 169 0 169
Textphone: 0800 169 0 171

Smoke Free (Quitline)

Free helpline offering advice to help stop smoking
Tel: 0800 00 22 00