Resource Materials Clean Air Challenge 500 W. Intl. All downloadable files are Adobe Acrobat pdf files. Click on a logo for more information on that program. Smoking kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, suicide, car accidents, fires and AIDS combined.
Tobacco is the leading cause of death in Alaska.
Everyday in the USA about 3000 children join the ranks of cigarette smokers. Tobacco smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals, including 200 known poisons. Every time someone smokes, poisons such as benzene, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide are released into the air, which means that not only is the smoker inhaling them but so is everyone else around him or her. Every time someone lights up a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, tobacco smoke enters the air from two sources. The first is mainstream smoke, which the smoker pulls through the mouthpiece when he inhales or puffs.