WHAT IS YOUR SMOKING DOING TO OTHERS…
By choosing to smoke around others you are likely to be increasing and causing their risk of
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
* Asthma and Respiratory disease in both adults and children
* Irritating the eyes, nose and throat
* Anxiety, Anger and Frustration
Also by smoking around a pregnant woman you increase her risk of
* Miscarriage
* Low Birth Weight
* The baby developing asthma
* Damaging the baby’s lung development.
WHAT IS YOUR SMOKING DOING TO YOU…
Smoking is a leading cause of premature death in both men and women in Australia today.
| WOMEN WHO SMOKE MAY EXPERIENCE: | MEN WHO SMOKE MAY EXPERIENCE: |
| Lung Cancer | Lung Cancer |
| Cervical Cancer | Low sperm count causing infertility and increased abnormalities increasing the likelihood of Down Syndrome |
| Cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, kidneys and stomach | Cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, kidneys and stomach |
| Acute myeloid leukaemia (cancer of the bone marrow) | Acute myeloid leukaemia (cancer of the bone marrow) |
| Coronary heart disease and stroke | Coronary heart disease and stroke |
| Gastric Ulcers | Gastric Ulcers |
| Cataracts | Cataracts |
| Smoking affects your personal appearance by:* Dry and irritated skin | Smoking affects your personal appearance by:* Dry and irritated skin |
| Facial wrinkling | Facial wrinkling |
| Bad Breathe | Bad Breathe |
| Smelly Hair and clothes | Smelly Hair and clothes |
| Stained fingers and teeth | Stained fingers and teeth |
| Increased menstruation problems and pain | |
| Infertility |