APC Non-Smoking Campaign

I don't really smoke, I haven't even tried smoking haha! And I don't even know anything about smoking but I know it can be a cause of your death. My dad and some of my friends, they smoke. Even though I told them not to do so and to stop it because it is bad for their health. They still chose to continue it. According to my grand father, to quit smoking is really hard. I dont exactly know why people smoke. They even know that it is bad for their health, yet they still do it.

We had a talk about this last Wednesday. The speaker is Mr. Ermer Rojas, he is a smoker and he survived from cancer, a throat cancer.

There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous.

Many of these chemicals also are found in consumer products, but these products have warning labels. While the public is warned about the danger of the poisons in these products, there is no such warning for the toxins in tobacco smoke.

Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke and other places they are found:

Acetone – found in nail polish remover
Acetic Acid –  an ingredient in hair dye
Ammonia – a common household cleaner
Arsenic – used in rat poison
Benzene – found in rubber cement
Butane – used in lighter fluid
Cadmium – active component in battery acid
Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
Lead – used in batteries
Naphthalene – an ingredient in mothballs
Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
Nicotine – used as insecticide
Tar – material for paving roads
Toluene - used to manufacture paint

Actually, if you quit smoking there is still a chance that you might have a complications in your heart and in your health. Smoking is really a big risk you'll do in your life. As soon as possible, you should avoid smoking. So help your family member, or friend to quit smoking because it is really bad for their health.