TOBACCO TRUTHS!

Nicotene Nicki showing us some of the negative effects of smoking.

P6 have had visits from the Tobacco Education Team.  We wanted to share some of the shocking and frightening things we have been learning about smoking and cigarettes.

  • Cigarettes have between 4000 and 5000 chemicals in them.
  • If you smoke, your lungs eventually turn black.
  • When you smoke, the air sacks in your lungs fill up with tar.
  • When you smoke, your fingers turn yellow.
  • If you smoke, other people in your house breathe in the smoke which is called ‘second hand smoke’.
  • Tobacco companies try lots of things to get young people interested in smoking like designing packets that are like gadgets and with cigarettes that have a nice taste to start with.
  • Smoking can cause lots of different cancers.
  • If you smoke it negatively affects every part of your body.
  • Smoking can cause blindness.
  • The chemicals in cigarettes are things that are also found in bleach, batteries, nail varnish remover, gases (!)

'The Smoke Machine'

 

This week we will be discussing the effects of second hand smoke.  This is very topical as smoking in cars with children in them is being discussed in Parliament this week.