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Cigarettes - What Are You Putting Into Your Body?
- Acetone – Used in Fingernail Polish Remover
- Arsenic – Used in Rat Poison
- Ammonia – Used in Toilet Cleaner
- Carbon Monoxide – A Poison
- Hydrogen Cyanide – Used in Rat Poison
- Hydrazine – Used in Rocket Fuel
- Formaldehyde – An Embalming Fluid
- Urea – Found in Urine
- Methanol – In Antifreeze
- Cadmium – Used in Batteries
- Toluene – Found in Gasoline
- Sodium Hydroxide – Used in Hair Remover
- And 585 Other Ingredients and Chemicals
- When a cigarette is burned, over 3,000 chemical compounds are released
Tobacco - What Are You Putting Into Your Body?
- Polonium 210 – Found in Nuclear Waste
- TSNAs – Cancer Causing Agents found only in Tobacco
- Formaldehyde – An Embalming Fluid
- Cadmium – Used in Car Batteries
- Cyanide – Found In Car Exhaust
- Arsenic – Used in Rat Poison
- Lead – A Highly Toxic Metal Used in Batteries
- Nicotine – A Known Carcinogen
- Smokeless tobacca products have over 560 added ingredients
Harmful Effects of Cigarettes & Tobacco
Cigarettes:
- Emphysema
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- Yellow nails and teeth
- Wrinkles and premature aging
- Increased acne
- Bad breath
- Trouble breathing and decreased energy
- Fat deposits in arteries
Tobacco:
- Tooth abrasion
- Gum recession
- Increased tooth decay
- Tooth discoloration and bad breath
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Stomach problems – ulcers
- Mouth cancer
- Throat cancer
- Heart disease
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Tobacco
- 13% of 6th grade students in Benton County have tried cigarettes at least once
- Over 177,000 kids are exposed to second hand smoke
- 23.5% of adults smoke in Arkansas
- 390 to 700 people die each year in Arkansas from someone else’s smoke
- Being around secondhand smoke for two hours is like smoking four cigarettes
- Kids who have parents who smoke are 3.3 times more likely to start smoking themselves.
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