VOL. XVII, NO. 5
NOVEMBER 26, 1975
Non‑Smokers Have Rights
"Non‑Smokers Have Rights Too!" was the theme of the fifth annual Mayors of Cook County Youth Conference on Smoking and Disease. The conference was held on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Dr. Harold Levine led the conference with a monologue accompanied by slides on the effects of smoking. In his speech he covered the effect of cigarette smoking on the lungs and heart.
Each year 300,000 Americans die prematurely from the effects of smoking. Others live on with crippled hearts and lungs. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease.
It does not take years for cigarettes to affect someone, as many people believe. Just one cigarette speeds up your heartbeat, increases your blood pressure, and upsets the flow of blood and air in your lungs.
A few puffs can slow down the action of cilia inside your bronchial tubes. Cilia are tiny hairlike bodies that work like brooms to sweep out germs, mucus, and dirt from your lungs. After a period of time, the cilia will become paralyzed completely, and the lungs are exposed to many kinds of infections.
Dr. Harold Levine led the conference with a monologue accompanied by slides on the effects of smoking. In his speech he covered the effect of cigarette smoking on the lungs and heart.
Each year 300,000 Americans die prematurely from the effects of smoking. Others live on with crippled hearts and lungs. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease.
It does not take years for cigarettes to affect someone, as many people believe. Just one cigarette speeds up your heartbeat, increases your blood pressure, and upsets the flow of blood and air in your lungs.
A few puffs can slow down the action of cilia inside your bronchial tubes. Cilia are tiny hairlike bodies that work like brooms to sweep out germs, mucus, and dirt from your lungs. After a period of time, the cilia will become paralyzed completely, and the lungs are exposed to many kinds of infections.
When a cigarette is inhaled, the hot smoke assaults delicate tissues of the mouth, throat, breathing tubes, and lungs. Eighty‑five to 99 per cent of almost all the compounds inhaled are retained in the lungs.
Hundreds of chemical substances are in cigarette smoke. Three of the most damaging are nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. Nicotine makes your blood vessels constrict and cuts down the flow of blood and oxygen through the body.
Tar damages delicate lung tissues and leaves a brown sticky mass containing chemicals that, in tests conducted on animals, produced cancer. Carbon monoxide literally drives the oxygen out of the red blood cells.
The National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health has proclaimed the week of Jan. 11-17, 1976, as National Education Week on Smoking. The theme, "Youth Involvement," was thought appropriate because the idea of the program is to educate youth on the scientific facts about smoking and to further assist them in making wise personal decisions against the use of tobacco.
Hundreds of chemical substances are in cigarette smoke. Three of the most damaging are nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide. Nicotine makes your blood vessels constrict and cuts down the flow of blood and oxygen through the body.
Tar damages delicate lung tissues and leaves a brown sticky mass containing chemicals that, in tests conducted on animals, produced cancer. Carbon monoxide literally drives the oxygen out of the red blood cells.
The National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health has proclaimed the week of Jan. 11-17, 1976, as National Education Week on Smoking. The theme, "Youth Involvement," was thought appropriate because the idea of the program is to educate youth on the scientific facts about smoking and to further assist them in making wise personal decisions against the use of tobacco.