Psychology 3533 Understanding Human Sexuality

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OVER 45,000 CANADIANS DIE EACH YEAR FROM SMOKING
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PSYCHOLOGY 2012 SMOKING

• Effects of Smoking
• lung cancer (20 years till diagnosis)
• oral cancer (mouth, tongue, jaw)
• larynx (voice box) cancer
• bladder cancer
• emphysema
• circulatory system diseases
• heart attacks
• stroke
• necrosis of lower limbs (gangrene)
• lower immunity

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• Effects of Smoking (Contd)
• low birth weight babies
• stillbirths
• ulcers
• cataracts
• increased cholesterol
• increased triglycerides
• more upper respiratory infections (e.g.
  bronchitis)
• increased risk of joint stiffness

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• Effects of Smoking (Contd)
• higher blood pressure
• higher blood sugar ? diabetes
• erectile dysfunction
• damaged sperm, lower fertility
• Effects of second hand smoke more
• damaging chemicals
• Wives of smokers more cervical cancer

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• Smoking and Depression
• New study both highly correlated quitting
• brings on more depression, leading to
• relapsing.
• www.cdc.gov./tobacco

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• Alcohol related deaths
• U.S. 100,000 Canada 1,900
• Most common accidents (mostly driving
• and falls) and cirrhosis of the liver.
• Hard to measure FASD or Fetal Alcohol
• Spectrum Disorders, when pregnant women
• drink. No known safe dose. Responsible for
• many mental underdeveloped brains,
• difficulty learning, crime.

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