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Secondhand smoke has chemicals that are poisonous and causes more than 3,000 deaths in non-smokers every year. Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to have: • Asthma
Would you like some gum that somebody else has already chewed? That would be secondhand gum!
• More colds and sore throats • Bronchitis and pneumonia • Ear infections • Behavior problems • Hyperactivity problems
Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by a smoker.
Standards Link: Health: Students develop knowledge for choosing not to use harmful chemical substances.
Secondhand smoke has a very distinctive smell and it contaminates the air with poisons. Even if you don’t smoke, when you breathe in secondhand smoke, you are breathing the poisons. How many harmful chemicals are in secondhand smoke? To find out, color the squares, then add a zero to the number. RED YELLOW
Yuk! Snappy Pappy’s Pizza Parlor is a disgusting mess! Can you find 12 dirty, harmful things in the picture?
Standards Link: Health: Students develop knowledge for choosing not to use harmful chemical substances.
Secondhand smoke is deadly. Because of that, many states prohibit smoking in public places like restaurants, schools, libraries, stores, and etc. So where do people who smoke end up?
This is where smoking leads.
Stores forbid smoking.
You can’t smoke here.
The movies? Forget it.
No smoking at the library.
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