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FACT: Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compo­ nents, and at least 250 of these chemicals are harmful to human health. 1 DID YOU KNOW ... Everyone knows that smoking can cause cancer when you get older, but did you know that it also has bad effects on your body right now? There is hardly a part of the human body that's not affected by the ·
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Emphysema Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths in men and almost 80% of lung cancer deaths in women. The risk of dying from lung cancer is more than 23 times higher among men who smoke cigarettes, and about 13 times higher among women who smoke cigarettes compared with those who never smoked. 2 Smoking causes cancers of the blad­ der, mouth, larynx (voice box), kidney, lung, pan­ creas, and stomach, and causes acute myeloid leuke­ mia. THE GOOD NEWS IS MORE AND MORE NC TEENS ARE STAYING TOBACCO FREE. THE MOST RECENT STUDIES SHOW OVER 80% OF ALL NC TEENS ARE NON SMOK­ ERS AND OVER 90% DON’T USE DIP OR CHEW. From: 1 Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/tobacco 2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. About the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund: The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund makes North Carolina stronger, both physically and eco­ nomically, by funding programs that promote preventive health. Created by the General Assembly in 2000 to allocate a portion of North Carolina's share of the na­ tional tobacco settlement, HWTF has invested $199 million to sup­ port preventive health initiatives and $102 million to fund prescrip­ tion drug assistance programs. For more information, please visit www.HealthWellNC.com. About TRU: TRU is North Carolina’s youth­led grassroots movement that has helped bring our state’s teen smoking rates to the lowest on record. TRU stands for To­ bacco.Reality.Unfiltered. And our name says a lot about us—we bring home the reality of tobacco use and are on our way to creat­ ing the state’s first tobacco­free generation. The TRU movement rallies teens to take a stand against tobacco and get the mes­ sage out there in any way possi­ ble, whether it’s through a state­ wide TV commercial, encourag­ ing local business to go tobacco­ free, or a “cigarette butts pick­up” in their hometowns. To find out more about TRU, please visit: TRU IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. For more information about TRU in your commu­ nity and how you (or your child) can get involved, contact me to learn more: Tobacco Free Schools 704.290.1522 http://sdfs/ucps.k12.nc.us/tfs Union County TRU Clubs Fan Page on Facebook