Reno County Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition RENO COUNTY KANSAS
When you're ready to quit, the number to call is
1-866-KAN-STOP
(526-7867)
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There are lots of reasons teens start to smoke. Maybe a friend or someone in your family smokes. Whatever the reason, once you start, you soon learn a nasty little secret: smoking is an addiction and it's really, really hard to stop.
Tobacco and Athletic Performance
 Don’t get trapped. Nicotine in cigarettes, cigars, and spit tobacco is addictive. - Nicotine narrows your blood vessels and puts added strain on your heart.
- Smoking can wreck lungs and reduce oxygen available for muscles used during sports.
- Smokers suffer shortness of breath (gasp!) almost 3 times more often than nonsmokers.
- Smokers run slower and can’t run as far, affecting overall athletic performance.
- Cigars and spit tobacco are NOT safe alternatives.
Tobacco and Personal Appearance
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- Yuck! Tobacco smoke can make hair and clothes stink.
- Tobacco stains teeth and causes bad breath.
- Short-term use of spit tobacco can cause cracked lips, white spots, sores, and bleeding in the mouth.
- Surgery to remove oral cancers caused by tobacco use can lead to serious changes in the face. Sean Marcee, a high school star athlete who used spit tobacco, died of oral cancer when he was 19 years old.
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- Know the truth. Despite all the tobacco use on TV and in movies, music videos, billboards and magazines – most teens, adults, and athletes DON’T use tobacco.
- Make friends, develop athletic skills, control weight, be independent, be cool ... play sports.
- Don’t waste (burn) money on tobacco. Spend it on CD’s, clothes, computer games, and movies.
- Get involved: make your team, school, and home tobacco-free; teach others; join community efforts to prevent tobacco use.
What's Really In?
 You're educated, you're smart, and you're aware. You know what's in and you know what's out. But do you know the whole story about what's really in cigarettes? With teen smoking on the rise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, needs your help to let students know the real deal about tobacco.
Did you know that cigarettes contain formaldehyde–the same stuff used to preserve dead frogs?
Did you know that the same cyanide found in rat poison is available in the cigarette smoke nearest you–whether you're a smoker or just hanging around people who smoke and how about the nicotine in cigarettes? You probably already know that it's addictive, but did you know that it's also a potent insecticide found in bug spray?
SOURCE:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette use among high school students — United States, 1991–2003. MMWR. 2004: 53(23);499–502.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco use, access, and exposure to tobacco in media among middle and high school students— United States, 2004.
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