SMOKE FREEE !!!!

Dangers of smoking to our health!

• One of the worlds leading experts said that now that smoking is banned everywhere that they could save half a million deaths a year at least!!

• England could lead to 1.5 million people quitting smoking.

• Half of all smokers are affected and killed by tobacco so this would prevent millions of deaths in the world.

KEY FACTS!!• A ban on smoking in public

places has come into affect in England ,spelling an end to drinkers having a cigarette with their pint in pubs ,bars and clubs.

• England is the final part of the UK to introduce a ban ,after Wales and northern Ireland in April and Scotland last March. The republic of Ireland made a move 3 years ago.

SMOKING DISEASES• Smoking increases the risk

of a range of diseases.• Smoking is a greater

cause of death and disability than any other single disease says the world health organisation.

• According to there results it is known to be 5 million deaths world wide each year.

Children !!

• Smoking in pregnancy greatly increases the risk of miscarriage ,is associated with lower birth weight babies,and inhibited child development.

• Nicotine , an ingredient of tobacco , is listed as an addictive substance by the US authorities.