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Tobacco Free Living
Smoking has killed more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined (National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2002).
Second-hand smoke kills approximately 60,000 Americans each year from:
- Several types of cancers
- Cardiovascular disease (heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis)
- Respiratory diseases
- Perinatal death, miscarriage, low birth weight
- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Among the poisons in second-hand smoke are:
- Carbon monoxide (heart disease, fetal damage)
- Nitrogen oxide
- Ammonia (respiratory and eye irritant)
- Methyl isocyanate (lung poison)
- Hydrogen cyanide (used in rat poisons)
Among the carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) in second-hand smoke are:
- Nitrosamines (cancer of lung, respiratory system, and other organs)
- Aromatic amines (cancer of the bladder and breast)
- Benzene (leukemia)
- Polonium-210 (radioactive)
| Smoking-Caused Monetary Costs in Georgia |
| Annual health care costs in Georgia directly caused by smoking |
$1.75 billion |
| Portion covered by the state Medicaid program |
$419 million |
| Yearly residential and commercial property losses from smoking-caused fires |
$500 million |
| (Information provided by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2002) |
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According to the U.S. Surgeon General, "It is safe to say that smoking represents the most extensively documented cause of disease ever investigated in the history of biomedical research" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1982).
Click here for local smoking cessation programs
Quitting Smoking Links
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
CAMPAIGN FOR
TOBACCO-FREE KIDS
GEORGIA TOBACCO QUIT LINE (877) 270-STOP
Smoking and Pregnancy Links
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
www.cicatelli.org
www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
Anti-Tobacco Teaching Aids
www.artfultruth.fiu.edu
www.discoveryschool.com/lessonplans/programs/smoking
www.scienceu.fsu.edu
www.tarwars.org
www.tobaccofacts.org
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