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A useful fact sheet for users of our Fat Furred Artery demonstration kit
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There are many toxic chemicals in Tobacco smoke, but where do they come from?
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Tar is a term that describes a collection of
solid particles that smokers inhale when they light a cigarette. It is a
mixture of lots of chemicals, many of which can cause cancer.
Here is a fact sheet relating to our Tar in a Jar
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A selection of useful links to training videos, data sheets, literature, clinical papers and software.
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Smoking harms
your ability to live life to the full – to be fit and physically active. Smoking affects lung fitness, muscle strength
and sleep patterns. Smokers are less
able to take part in sport at all levels from international athletes to
amateurs. Smoking makes it more
difficult to live a normal, active daily life – activities such as climbing
stairs or running for the bus.
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Many smokers believe that roll-your-own or RYO
cigarettes are not as harmful as manufactured cigarettes
But
hand-rolling tobacco is as just as harmful as the tobacco in manufactured
cigarettes. Research using roll-up
cigarettes made by smokers, shows that the levels of nicotine and
cancer-causing chemicals inhaled are often higher than those from bought
cigarettes. RYO cigarettes are more
likely to cause mouth, throat and lung cancer as well as lung diseases such as
emphysema and heart disease.
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It is a ‘Great Challenge’ for No Smoking Day Challenge local organisers whose job it is to reach those groups where smoking is at its highest levels and offer help to smokers to stop smoking.
Here are some suggestions for reaching disadvantaged groups with the Great No Smoking Day Challenge including some good practice case studies.
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It is a ‘Great Challenge’ for No Smoking Day Challenge local organisers whose job it is to reach those groups where smoking is at its highest levels and offer help to smokers to stop smoking.
Here are some suggestions for reaching disadvantaged groups with the Great No Smoking Day Challenge including some good practice case studies.
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It is a ‘Great Challenge’ for No Smoking Day Challenge local organisers whose job it is to reach those groups where smoking is at its highest levels and offer help to smokers to stop smoking.
Here are some suggestions for reaching disadvantaged groups with the Great No Smoking Day Challenge including some good practice case studies.
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To help No Smoking Day organisers take on the challenge of running great No Smoking Day stalls to attract maximum interest from the public and the media.
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To help No Smoking Day organisers take on the challenge of running great No Smoking Day stalls to attract maximum interest from the public and the media.
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Stopping smoking is a big step. It takes hard work and determination. If you've tried you know just how hard it can be. Nicotine is a very addictive drug. Some people take two, three, four or more tries before they stop smoking. Each time you try to stop smoking you can learn what steps help and what steps hinder.
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Cigarettes are made from tobacco leaves grown with pesticides and fertilizers. The leaves are dried in wood burning ovens using millions of hectares of forest. Then tobacco is treated with additives.
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Tobacco is a killer, on a monumental scale. Globally, around 5 million people die every year from diseases caused by smoking. That's a death every 7 seconds.
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Before you quit smoking, keep this action plan with your cigarettes. Read one or two sections whenever you light up.
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Are you pregnant or planning to get pregnant? If you quit smoking now, you can improve your health and protect your baby. Here are 50 reasons good reasons why you should be smoke free during pregnancy.
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"I started smoking at university," confesses Cecilia Farren, founder of GASP, a highly successful mail order company stocking everything and anything connected with stopping - or not starting - smoking. "I never gave a thought to the health risks, even though my first job was researching lung diseases."
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Opportunistic stop smoking advice is when a health professional spends a few minutes encouraging smokers to quit. With the help of a Smokerlyzer, Tar Jar, and some leaflets, stop smoking advisors can recruit smokers using a 'Shopportunistic' approach.
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Second hand smoke is the name for the sickening, poisonous smoke given off by burning tobacco.
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