Smoking Cessation

nicotine speeds up your heart rate

powerfully addictive

cigarette has:
filter, filler, additives (e.g. sugar), paper

tobacco, lots of different types

>60 carcinogens AND >4000 chemicals: acetone, arsenic, cadmium, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, nicotine, tar

men smoke more

poor smoke more

maternal smoking changes over time, in different age groups, by deprivation

pregnant women smoking 1st antenatal booking

high among those <25 years of age

22% most deprived smoked

2% least deprived smoked

causes:

-low birth weight -still birth -miscarriage -preterm birth -heart defects -sudden infant death

smoking largest preventable cause of premature mortality in scotland, 10,000 deaths each year

lung cancer, COPD, heart disease- the big 3

Average loss of life is 7.5 years

relative risk of other cancers
-lung 22

-upper respiratory tract 24

-bladder 3

-pancreas 2

-oesophagus 8

-kidney 3

Vaping is 95% safer than smoking, you don’t get the products of combustion that you get from cigarettes