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ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

Tobacco causes bad breath and stains your teeth.17 Smoke can make your clothes and hair stink.17

Roll over the following text to learn about secondhand smoke.

What is secondhand smoke?

Secondhand smoke is made up of smoke that comes off the burning cigarette and the smoke that the smoker exhales.20 According to the Surgeon General, "there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke can be harmful to people's health."20

Visit www.cdc.gov/tobacco for additional information about diseases and health consequences related to tobacco use.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General-What is Secondhand Smoke? Referenced 2012.

www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/
secondhand-smoke-consumer.pdf

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CDC. Smoking & Tobacco Use. Information Sheets. You(th) and Tobacco—What Youth Should Know About Tobacco. Referenced 2012.

www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/youth/information-sheet/