Dangers of smoking to teenagers
*More than five million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as adolescents- the decision to smoke cigarettes.
*More than five million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as adolescents- the decision to smoke cigarettes.
-Cigarette-smoking causes heart disease and stroke.
-Smoking hurts young people’s physical fitness in terms of both performance and endurance.
-On average, someone who smokes more of cigarettes each day lives seven years less than someone who never smoked.
-The resting heart rate of young adult smokers are two to three beats per minute faster than nonsmokers.
-Smoking at an early age increases the risk of lung cancer. For most smoking-related cancers, the risk rises as the individual continues to smoke.
-Teenage smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don’t smoke.
-Teenage smokers suffer emotional and psychological problems more than non-smokers.
-Smoking is engaged with a host of other risky behaviours, such as fighting and engaging in unprotected sex.
-Cigarette smokers have a lower level of lung function than those persons who have never smoked and this increases asthma, TB, pneumonia and other lower respiratory track infections.
-One of the three young people (32%) who become regular smokers will die of a smoking-related disease.
Long-term health consequences are reinforced because most young people continue to smoke throughout adulthood.
Compiled by Dennis Ocwich
Source: WHO
-Cigarette-smoking causes heart disease and stroke.
-Smoking hurts young people’s physical fitness in terms of both performance and endurance.
-On average, someone who smokes more of cigarettes each day lives seven years less than someone who never smoked.
-The resting heart rate of young adult smokers are two to three beats per minute faster than nonsmokers.
-Smoking at an early age increases the risk of lung cancer. For most smoking-related cancers, the risk rises as the individual continues to smoke.
-Teenage smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don’t smoke.
-Teenage smokers suffer emotional and psychological problems more than non-smokers.
-Smoking is engaged with a host of other risky behaviours, such as fighting and engaging in unprotected sex.
-Cigarette smokers have a lower level of lung function than those persons who have never smoked and this increases asthma, TB, pneumonia and other lower respiratory track infections.
-One of the three young people (32%) who become regular smokers will die of a smoking-related disease.
Long-term health consequences are reinforced because most young people continue to smoke throughout adulthood.
Compiled by Dennis Ocwich
Source: WHO