Smoking - effects on your body
Nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco that causes smokers to continue their smoking habit. Along with nicotine, smokers also inhale about 4,000 other chemicals. These chemicals harm nearly every organ in the body. Nicotine is the ... [... more]
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It 's easy to protect your children from passive smoking...
It's easy to protect your children from passive smoking - make your home and car smoke-free. It is now illegal in South Australia to smoke in a car while a child is also in the car. Every step you take to protect children from passive smoke will ... [... more]
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Passive smoking
Passive smoking means breathing in other people's tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke is a common indoor air pollutant. Children, pregnant women and the partners of smokers are vulnerable to the effects of environmental tobacco smoke. Passive smoking ... [... more]
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Smoking and eye disease
Smoking is a major factor contributing to the early development of age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in the Western world. Smoking is a major factor contributing to the early ... [... more]
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Smoking statistics
Smoking-related diseases killed 19,019 Australians in 1998. This means there were 52 preventable deaths every day. Surveys show that smoking rates are higher among younger age groups and people with a lower level of education. Smoking-related ... [... more]
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Smoking and heart disease
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Smoking kills more than 15,000 Australians a year or more than 40 Australians each day. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do ... [... more]
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Smoking - quitting tips
Quitting smoking can take several attempts. You can follow some simple strategies to help you become, and stay, a non-smoker. Quit cessation courses, counselling and telephone support can provide extra support. Nicotine replacement therapy is ... [... more]
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Smoking - quit services for diverse groups
Tobacco smoking is the single most common cause of ill health and premature death in Australia. In many communities from non-English speaking backgrounds, smoking rates are very high. Quit services to help you stop smoking are available from a ... [... more]
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Asthma children and smoking
Parents who smoke put their children at greater risk of developing asthma. Smoking in pregnancy, including passive smoking, increases the risk of asthma. If a child already has the condition, cigarette smoke will provoke more frequent and more ... [... more]
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Smoking relapses - Q & A
Stopping smoking can be difficult. Don't despair if you fail the first time. Most people give up a few times before they finally kick the habit completely. Experts from Quit answer a range of questions on smoking relapses. Firstly, you should ... [... more]
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Pregnancy and smoking
Smoking while pregnant exposes a woman and her unborn child to an increased risk of health problems including ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, premature labour and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Australian data indicates that approximately ... [... more]
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Smoking tobacco is deadly
Tobacco causes more illness and death than any other drug. One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit, half of them in middle age. More than 19,000 people died in Australia in 1998 from diseases caused by smoking. Tobacco smoking is ... [... more]
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