Now, create your own poster to encourage people to be tobacco free. Use the facts and statistics from this activity and/or research additional health consequences on the Internet or in the school library. Be ready to explain the words and images in your poster to your classmates.

POSTER

Message:

Tobacco-related problems:

Be tobacco free.

hardening of the arteries

bronchitis

gum disease

emphysema

cancer of the esophagus

coughing

bad breath

stincky clothes

cancer of the pancreas

Don't smoke! Why?

stained teeth

cancer of the pharynx (mouth and throat)

phlegm production

wheezing

shortness of breath

respiratory (breathing) problems

stroke

cataracts (which cause blindness)

bladder cancer

See what smoking can do?!

pneumonia

heart disease

nicotine addiction

less physical fitness than people their age who don't smoke

kidney cancer

cancer of the larynx (voice box)

lung cancer

stomach cancer

stinky hair