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THE FACTS for nonsmokers g .Inhaling second-hand smoke makes the heart ' ~ beat faster, the blood pressure go up, and the ` level of carbon monoxide in the blood increase /. -,,places and affects_the no_qsmnker-present~ ~~Ci arette smoke pollutes air in enclosed ~ There is more cadmium in the smoke that drifts off the burning end of the cigarette than in the drag the smoker takes. Large doses of cadmium have been related to hypertension, chronic bron- chitis, and emphysema. ~ Smoke from an idling cigarette contains even more tar and nicotine than an inhaled one. . The amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of nonsmokers doubles in a poorly ventilated room filled with cigarette smoke. Even outside the room, the inhaled carbon monoxide stays in the body for three or four hours. from the burning end of the cigarette as wes " The nonsmoker is forced to breathe in smoke r»eKe exr~area lResearchers have found that lung illness is twice } as common in young children whose parents smoke at home compared to those with n_on-' ktng parents.-- •An estimated 2 million Americans are sensi- tive to tobacco smoke and suffer smoke-caused asthma attacks. -The U.S. Surgeon General has said, "Nonsmok- ers have as much right to clean air and whole- some air as smokers have to their so-called ri ht 8 Ask your "Christmas Seal" association for these informative leaflets published by the American Lung Association: Air Pollution Hay Fever Asthma Histoplasmosts Bronchiectasis Pipe & Cigar Smoking Chronic Bronchitis Pleurisy Chronic Cough Pneumonia Cigarette Smoking Sarcoidosis Cocci (coccidtoidomycosts) Second-Hand Smoke Common Cold Shortness of Breath Dust Disease TB Outside the Lungs Emphysema Tuberculosis Flu nnrwen:a) YourLungs Cigarclrc Sifioking The ad image is clean, cool. A sparkling mountain lake. With a pack of cigarettes pointed straight at you. And behind the image? What's clean about the hot smoke you inhale? How does your body react? How does the smoke affect nonsmokers nearby? Take a look at TheFactsAboul R to smoke, which I would redefine as a so-called "Christmas Seals," bequests, and right to pollute. It is high time to ban smoking memorial giftsfight lungdisease. o"n ~'~ ~ from all confined public places such as restau- It'samatterof lifeandbreath.; ~ i~,r' /~e W rants, theaters, airplanes, trains, and buses. It is m time that we interpret the Bill of Rights for the YOUR t LUNG ASSOCIATION nonsmoker as well as the smoker." The "Chrisun.a Srof' Prop7e OublisbedbyAmericanLungAssociatlon 00171 3-76 .A k t by the smoke~

THE FACTS Each year 300,000 Americans die prematurely from the effects of smoking. Millions more live on with crippled lungs and overstrained hearts. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of- emphysema • lung cancer chronic bronchitis • heart disease fo~nere is no controversy about the facts:, Thousands of careful studies have documented ` them. No major medical or health agency ques- tions them. ONE CIGARETTE The longer you smoke, the deadlier it is. But it , doesn't take years for smoking to affect you. Just a few puffs can hurt. Just one cigarette- speeds up your heartbeat increases your blood pressure • upsets the flow of blood and air in your lungs ^causes a drop in the skin temperature of / -your fingers and toes A few puffs also slow down the action of the cilia inside your bronchial tubes. These tirUt hairlike bodies~ormally work like-brooms to sweep out germs, mucus, dirt from your lungs. One cig_arette kes them sluggish. Inhaling over long periods paralyzes the cilia com- pletely. Then yQur_ lungs are exposed to all kinds of infections. That is one reason why smokers are sick in bed an estimated 88 mil- lion more days each year than nonsmokers.' ' But after sustained periods of not smoking, the cilia begin working again and help sweep out trouble. ! RCfURt./,.1LO 6 I B HOT SMOKE AND HARMFUL COMPOUNDS When you inhale on a cigarette, the hot smoke assaults delicate tissGes in your mouth, throat, breathing tubes, and lungs. _ eAf~ftit-smoke passes your moutif; yaUr-- 4ungs retain from 85 to 99 percent of almost) ;aII of the compounds you inhale__-_---- There are hundreds of chemical substances In cigarette smoke. Three of the most damag- , ing are nicotine, tars, and carbon monoxide. , Nicotine makes your blood vessels constrict. It cuts down the flow of blood and oxygen through your body. Your heart has to pump harder. Tars damage delicate lung tissues. There are billions of tiny particles in cigarette smoke. 4 When they cool inside your lungs, some form. a brown, sticky mass, containing chemicals that produce cancer in tests with animals. Carbon monoxide literally drives the oxygen out of your red blood cells. Levels of the gas in the blood of smokers is 4 times higher-for heavy smokers, sometimes 15 times higher- than for nonsmokers. Carbon monoxide stays in the bloodstream robbing the body of oxygen as long as six hours after the person stops smoking. MEN, WOMEN, AND TEENAGERS Almost a million teenagers take up smoking every year. Friends are a big influence on teenagers. But so are parents. Among teenagers who smoke, the highest percentage have parents who smoke too. Girls tend to follow their mother's smoking behavior and disregard their father's. The per- centage of teenage girls who smoke is now al- most as high as boys. The sharpest increases are in the early teens. Smoking rates for both men and women be- gan to drop in the late 1960's and early 1970's. But almost every study shows that women I r smokers find It harder to quit than men do. One of the fears of women Is that they will gain weight if they quit smoking. But gaining weight is not inevitable with quitting smoking. There ,is no overall correlation between the two. In fact, in a national survey, one out of four ex- smokers actually lost weight. Smoking is a double hazard for women-for 'them and the children they bear. Cigarette smoke in the mother's bloodstream alters the , heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen supply, and acid balance of the unborn infant. A pregnant woman who smokes two packs a day blocks off the equivalent of 40 percent of the oxygen supply to the fetus. Pregnant women who smoke have more still- births, spontaneous abortions, and low-weight babies than do nonsmbking mothers. HOW TO QUIT The cigarette companies have spent billions of dollars and half a century trying to link smok- ing to the beautiful things in life. Their ads have been banned from radio and television, but they are trying hard everywhere else to keep up the brainwash. Seeing through this barrage is a major requirement for quitting. What smoking is really linked to is disability and death. Quitting is not deprivation, but an advantage. You can quit "cold turkey" or set a date two weeks ahead. You can record how many cigar- ettes you smoke and when; then you can try to smoke half as many. You can make a pact to quit with a friend. You can go to a withdrawal clinic. You have to find the way that works for you. But first, you have to want to quit. Once you really want to, you'll find your way to do it. The minute you stop smoking, your body will go to work to repair some of the damage cigarettes have inflicted. More than 30 million Americans have quit smoking. Join the group. ------, ~