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CHAPTER 13 DRUG AWARENESS
Other Side Effects Of Smoking

SOME FACTS ABOUT SMOKING:
In 1974 - 51% of men and 41% of women smoked.

In 2005 - 25% of men and 23% of women smoked.

What do these figures tell you? Have you noticed that some people have
yellow stains on their fingers? This is
As well as damaging your health, there caused by the tar in cigarettes and is very
are some other unpleasant side effects difficult to scrub off.
of smoking.
A packet of 20 cigarettes can cost more
The smoke from a cigarette can annoy than £5 and some people smoke more
other people. It can irritate their eyes than one packet a day.
and make them cough. When they have Do not you think that is a waste of
to breathe it in, it is called passive smoking. money?
Smoking is banned from all public indoor places
now and this includes places of work. Imagine if someone smoked one packet a
day, every day for a year, and each packet
Pregnant women are advised not to smoke to costs £5. Work out how much they would
ensure good health for themselves and their baby. spend on cigarettes in a year.

Smoking can also cause fires if cigarettes are Now think what else they could have
not put out properly. Hundreds of people are bought with that money instead.
killed each year in fires caused this way.

Cigarette smoke can make your hair, breath,
clothes and house smell horribly.

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