Chapter 8 (Tobacco) and Chapter 9 (Alcohol) are 2 important aspects of health and a must learn within our curriculum. Sadly, as our students enter high school and college they will be more exposed to these 2 substances. It is essential that our students know the facts and understand how harmful Tobacco and Alcohol can be to the body. Here are some startling facts relating to Alcohol and Tobacco:
Alcohol - Sobering Facts
Recent statistics on college campuses nation wide show that alcohol is involved in:
* About 65 percent of all violent behavior.
* Almost 50 percent of all physical injuries.
* About 30 percent of all emotional difficulties among students.
* Almost 30 percent of all academic problems.
Tobacco - Sobering Facts
* One in five deaths each year is caused by prolonged smoking.
* Smoking and secondhand smoke kill more people than AIDS, alcohol and drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides and fires combined.
* One in three adolescents/young adults who are "just experimenting" end up being addicted by the time they are 20 years old.
* Every cigarette you smoke takes away seven minutes of your life.
* Cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals and 2,000 poisons, including toxins found in nail polish remover, rat poisoning, battery acid, insecticides and rocket fuel.
* Underage smoking (under age 18) is not only unhealthy, it is illegal! If caught, you will pay a heavy fine- or worse.
* Nicotine, the main chemical in tobacco, is highly addictive; it is just as addictive as heroine or cocaine.
