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Adult Smoker Program
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Example
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To:
Mary James
From: Anonymous
Smoking can cause blindness. Those who smoke 20 or
more cigarettes per day have twice the risk of developing
macular degeneration; a condition in which the cell
layer behind the retina begins to rot.
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Example
2
To: Leslie Casey
From: Mom
Nicotine from smoking paralyzes your cilia (tiny hair-like
structures that line your lungs). The cilia cannot
push mucus out of the way. The airways become clogged.
Tar and chemicals settle in the airways and cilia
die. The smoker has to cough to get the mucus out
of the lungs. This describes "smoker's cough".
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Adult
Smokeless Program
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Example
1
To: Larry Wilkes
From: Barbara Wilkes
Most oral cancer occurs in people who use tobacco. Advanced
cases can be fatal. When oral cancerous tumors are removed,
the skin in the mouth is usually replaced with forearm
skin. This method has its drawbacks. Patients with hairy
forearms have to regularly trim the hair. A more recent
method uses skin from the colon. To drastically reduce
your risk of oral cancer, give up tobacco. |
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Example
2
To:
Matt Timmons
From: Anonymous
Pain is not always an early symptom of the types of
cancers linked to smokeless tobacco use. If you "dip"
or chew tobacco and experience stiffness in the jaw
muscles, difficulty in swallowing, or have occasional
or persisting patches in your mouth (often red or white
in color -- leukoplakia), consult a physician immediately. |
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Example
3
To:
Lance Demming
From: Karen Smith
Use
of smokeless tobacco contributes to delayed wound
healing, reproductive disturbances, peptic ulcer disease,
esophageal reflux, fine motor tremors, and decreased
ability to concentrate.
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Juvenile
Smoker Program
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Example
1
To:
Lisa & Jan Zwieg
From: Carol Frank
About three quarters of young people who use tobacco
products daily say they continue primarily because
"It's really hard to quit." Among high school
seniors, 73 percent who think they won't be smoking
in five years are still smoking five years later.
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Example
2
To:
John Blake
From: Anonymous
It is estimated that each cigarette smoked takes 12
minutes off a smoker's life. |
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Example
3
To:
Sherry Johnson
From: Anonymous
A survey of over five thousand students found that 78
percent of boys ages 12 to 17 said they don't want to
date someone who smokes. Among girls surveyed, 69 percent
said they preferred to date someone who doesn't smoke. |
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Juvenile
Smokeless Program
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Example
1
To:
Ray Thorne
From: Anonymous
Smokeless tobacco is just as dangerous as smoking
cigarettes. Studies have found pre-cancerous tissue
in half the current users.
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Example
2
To:Ken
Simpson
From: Uncle Jimmy
If you are the average smokeless tobacco user going
through 1 to 2 cans of snuff or pouches of leaf tobacco
every week, you are spending over $300 per year. Some
fat tobacco company executive is smiling about this.
His advertising has worked on you. He will do everything
he legally can to continue pulling money out of your
wallet.
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Example
3
To:
Richard Williams
From: Mindy Rankin
Is smokeless safer than smoking? Smokeless tobacco
use is a direct application of cancer-causing substances
to the tissues in the mouth. Because of this, it can
cause cancerous cells to form much more quickly and
at much younger ages. There are several reports of
teenagers developing oral cancer within four or five
years of starting smokeless tobacco use and dying
from that cancer.
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