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Michal Mitro

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Stop smoking

Did you know?

• More than 1,000 people in the U.K. die each day from smoking-related illness

• Smoking kills more people each year than AIDS, fires, car accidents, murders, suicides, alcohol and other drugs combined.

Why is tobacco so bad?

• Tobacco is toxic to your body. • Tobacco is addictive. Once you start using it

your body starts needing it.• Tobacco can kill you!• Each time you smoke a cigarette you are

taking away 5 to 20 minutes of your life.

Why do people smoke and chew?

• Advertisements make it look attractive• Peer pressure• Some people think it helps with weight control• Some people think it helps reduce stress• Their parents do it• Rebellion

Smoking is expensive!

• If a pack of cigarettes is about £4/pack then it would cost you about £1,500/year.

• Think of how many CD’s, clothes, movie tickets you could buy with that money.

Tobacco Ads• Advertisements make

tobacco use look hip, cool, and glamorous.

Is this attractive?

Effects of smoking and

tobacco

How can I quit?

• First give yourself a pat on the back for wanting to quit. That is the first step.

• Quitting is not easy, remember nicotine is addictive.

• You can do it if you set your mind to it!

More people stop smoking every day - by dying.

Please stop smoking now!!! It’s easy.