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Cigarettes can make you lose control
Cigarettes: Q&A
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  What effect does smoking have on my lungs?
  
  Answer
  
  Teens who smoke cigarettes can develop smaller, weaker lungs that never grow to their potential size.
  
  F.A.Q
- Question
  
  Can smoking cigarettes alter my appearance?
  
  Answer
  
  Cigarettes may leave you with stained teeth, gum disease, and more.
- Question
  
  Can smoking cigarettes lead to tooth loss?
  
  Answer
  
  Yes, smoking cigarettes can cause gum disease (periodontitis) that can lead to tooth loss.
- Question
  
  Can smoking lead to anxiety?
  
  Answer
  
  Yes, if you smoke cigarettes and quit, your body may miss having nicotine in its system.
  This is called withdrawal. Common withdrawal symptoms include a depressed mood, sleeping problems, concentration problems, irritability, increased appetite, and, you guessed it: anxiety.
- Question
  
  What are the immediate health effects of smoking?
  
  Answer
  
  With the first puff of a cigarette, harmful chemicals enter your lungs and move quickly into your bloodstream, affecting almost every organ in your body. It might not seem like a lot, but even smoking a cigarette now and then can harm you. If you start smoking at a young age, the growth of your lungs can be stunted and the development of your brain can be altered.
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  Why is secondhand smoke harmful and how dangerous is it for nonsmokers?
  
  Answer
  
  When you breathe in secondhand cigarette smoke, you're exposed to more than 7,000 chemicals. Many of them are toxic, and more than 70 can cause cancer. Secondhand smoke exposure increases a non-smoker's risk of having a heart attack or developing coronary heart disease or lung cancer. So even if you don't smoke, brief exposure to secondhand smoke can be detrimental to your health. The fact is, there's no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Question
  
  What are some of the chemicals in cigarettes?
  
  Answer
  
  Arsenic, benzene, formaldehyde, lead, and mercury are just a few of the more than 70 cancer-causing chemicals in cigarette smoke. And with more than 7,000 chemicals total, smoking can harm your health in more ways than one.
What smoking can cost you
70 cancer-causing chemicals
Benefits of not smoking

Cigarettes can make you lose control
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Cigarettes: Q&A
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease (Fact Sheet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2010.
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Some non-heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and some related exposures. In: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Vol. 92. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2010.
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- Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Statistics Sheet. Cleared July 10, 2014.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Secondhand Smoke: What It Means To You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2006.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General (Fact Sheet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2014.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006.
What smoking can cost you
- Jha P, Ramasundarahettige C, Landsman V, et al. 21st Century hazards of smoking and benefits of cessation in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013; 368(4):341–350.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Smoking: What It Means to You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2004.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults. We Can Make the Next Generation Tobacco-Free (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2012.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). Let’s Make the Next Generation Tobacco-Free: Your Guide to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2014.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General (Fact Sheet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2014.
- Watts A, Addy M. Tooth discolouration and staining: a review of the literature. British Dental Journal. 2001; 190(6):309-316.
70 cancer-causing chemicals
- Hecht SS. Research opportunities related to establishing standards for tobacco products under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012; 14(1):18-28.
- Hoffmann D, Hoffmann I, El Bayoumy K. The less harmful cigarette: a controversial issue. A tribute to Ernst L. Wynder. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2001; 14:767-790.
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking. In: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Vol. 83. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2004.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2010.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Toxicological Profile for Naphthalene; 1-methylnaphthalene; 2-methylnaphthalene. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; 2005.
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Harmful and potentially harmful constituents in tobacco products and tobacco smoke: established list. Federal Register. 2012; 77(64): 20034-20037.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Secondhand Smoke: What It Means To You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2006.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2010.
Benefits of not smoking
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- U.S Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2010.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI). Health effects: quit. http://teen.smokefree.gov/yourHealthEffects.aspx. Accessed August 18, 2014.
- Ortiz A, Grando SA. Smoking and the skin. International Journal of Dermatology. 2012; 51:250–262.
- Just M, Ribera M, Monsó E, Lorenzo JC, Ferrándiz C. Effect of smoking on skin elastic fibres: morphometric and immunohistochemical analysis. British Journal of Dermatology. 2007;156(1):85-91.
- Urbánska M, Ratajczak L, Witkowska-Nagiewicz. Analysis of knowledge about tobacco smoking influence on skin condition. Przeglad Lekarski. 2012; 69(10):1055-1059.
- Watts A, Addy M. Tooth discolouration and staining: a review of the literature. British Dental Journal. 2001; 190(6):309-316.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You (Consumer Booklet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2010.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults (Fact Sheet). Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2012.