Tobacco Intro.
Tobacco smoking is one of the single most preventable causes of poor health and death in
our Country.
Containing over 7,000 chemicals, it is understood that over 70 of them can cause cancer.
Scary Huh?
Tobacco companies have a problem:
1. Their loyal customers die by the thousands ever year when their product is used as directed. (It is estimated that in Australia, more than 20,000 people die annually as a direct result from smoking tobacco).
2. Adults rarely start smoking.
Tobacco company solution:
Rely on children and young people to take up smoking to keep their profits rolling in. Each new teenager who starts to smoke is helping to provide the tobacco companies with a solution, and there is even a name for these targeted new clients; “Replacement smokers.”
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