Tobacco Education

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 7:05pm

Today we had a visit from two ladies from SmokeFree St Helens - part of the NHS. The ladies made us aware of the dangers of smoking and also some of the effects it can have on our body. It turns our teeth brown, our gums bright red and sore, our finger nails yellow and makes our breath smelly. I don't know about you, but P4 were not impressed this. It has a big effect on the way we breathe as well! Choosing to smoke is not a wise choice at all.

We were given the opportunity to look at the Tar Jar which showed the amount of tar in people's bodies if they smoked 20 cigarettes a day. Speaking of smoking 20 cigarettes a day, if you did this for one year it would cost you over £3000! I'm sure you would be able to find a better way of spending this money! 

Our final activity was to guess some of the chemicals that put into a cigarette by the tobacco companies. There are over 4000 of them and they were not very pleasant at all. Ask a member of our class and they will share with you some of the disgusting things. 

Our mission is to pass on the message that stopping smoking is a very wise choice indeed.