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What are the main chemicals that are produced in cigarettes?
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Tar, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide.
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What efffect does Nicotine have on your body?
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It puts in place a tolorance and an addiction.
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What efffect does Tar have on your body?
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Tar becomes trapped in the mucus when breated in and starts to paralise the Cilia.
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What efffect does Carbon Monoxide have on your body?
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It joins the red blood cells and stops them carrying oxygen.
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On average, how many years earlier do smokers die than non smokers?
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10-15 years.
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What percentage of teenagers who smoke die from smoking-related diseases?
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25%.
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What percentage of smokers start as teenagers?
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80%.
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The highest rate of smoking is where in the U.K.
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North West england.
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