The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-03-30, Page 22PSe
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�. n �lle In •the little
restaurant around the
Corner;
The service is brisk ana'.
amiling and, acro the:
table, Charlie is smiling too.
He unzips a packet antdholds
itts vlardyou.
"Cigarette?"
"Thanks. 't. don't smoke;.."'
Oh?
Well, let's seen what .
happens when Charlie lights
his cigarette.
Two Kinds
of:Poliution.
The flick .of Charlie's
lighter touches off a two-
stage train of pollution in the
air you'll be breathing:
There is mainstream
pollution • and there is
sidestream pollution.
Except for the fact that the
odor of exhaled tobacco
smoke • can be stomach-
turning to some people,
mainstream pollution offers
the lesser hazard to a non-
smoker. It consists of the
smoke that Charlie draws in,
holds in his lungs for awhile,
and thenbreathes out.
It's to your advantage that
Charlie holds the smoke in
his lungs for, in so doing, he
acts as a kind of filter,
body significantn>;within amountos n
of
body
gases and solid particles that
would otherwise be available
to you. For instance, he'll re-
tain 54 per cent of all the car-
bon monoxide he inhales and
over 90 per cent of all the
solid smoke particles -but to
his detriment, not yours.
Charlie's "filtration"
takes off a lot of the edge of
mainstream pollution as far
as you are concerned. The
sidestream pollution is
another matter, though.
The sidestream pollution
represents all the smoke that
Charlie can't get into his
mouth: smoke that escapes
from the burning tip of his
cigarette and from its butt.
And that's where
problems begin
Think. Have you . ever
noticed how the grey in
Charlie's hair has a blondish
. tint? That's from his
sidestream smoke. Some of
the smoke is made up of
• things that are in a gaseous
state when they are warm,
but which become sticky
solids when they cool off.
These "tars" condense on
anything that is at normal'
room temperature --on
Charlie's hair, for instance,
and on his clothes, giving his
jackets a characteristic
musty aroma. All that tar
doesn't condense on Charlie:
there's plenty left over for
you...
Your health
is at risk
Besides tinting and
scenting your hair and
every
cigarette ...
-makes your heart beat
faster
-shoots your blood pressure
up -
-lowers your skin tem-
perature
-replaces oxygen in your
blood with carbon monoxide
-leaves cancer-causing
chemicals to spread through
your body
REGULAR SMOKING
INCREASES YOUR
CHANCES OF DYING
FROM A SMOKE -
RELATED DISEASE BY 70
PER CENT OVER A NON-
SMOKER.
THINK ABOUT IT!!
clothes, sidestream smoke
offers you some very real
health risks. You are bound
to suffer some discomfort
from eye irritation due to
smoke exposure, but if you
have allergies that affect
your breathing, such as hay
fever or asthma, you'll face
other problems as well.
Sidestream smoke triggers
and .'iii ►` zits -carbon; they can tellifotthgtI
payable emtot; Carbon of cancer . erea
t 0noxide one o on with -t amount of
simplest., yet WAWA g4W4 exposure toanycarcinogen;
known µto chemists., It ala And, fuithermore, 'thy 11
colorless and ,odorless, so: tell you how deceptilve
that you cannot tell when itis carcinogens can be. Some
around. One of the first ef- seem to lodge in the body and
fects is to make you dull and lie dormant for years before: -
perhaps a little sleepy producing a cancer. Only
Carbon monoxide works recently, new cancers have .
by robbing , the body of been traced to contact withit
oxygen that' needs, Red asbestos used in gas mask`
blood cells normally carry manufacture during World
oxygen from the* lungs to all War II. •
of the body's tissues. If there With tobacco smoke, : the
is., any carbon monoxide in only dose that you. can;
your lungs, the red blood consider safe is no dose at
cells will ignore the oxygen all. But, if you continually
and pick it up instead. breathe sidestreaina. smoke
As the carbon monoxide
content of your blood in-
creases, more and more of
your body begins to .starve
for oxygen, including your
heart and brainiissues.
When this happens, you
may become more fumbling
and uncertain. Your ability
to sort out visual detail may
suffer..
To make matters worse,
carbon Monoxide is a
cumulative poison. It builds
up. in your system: you take
it in faster than you can get
rid of it. The carbon
nasal nuisances such as monoxide that you inhale
irritation. and a runny nose. from Charlie's sidestream
It makes you cough and smoke will stay in your body
wheeze far more than a non- for hours. Each successive
allergic person. Odds are it cigarette he smokes in your
will even give you a mild presence, adds to that
headache. buildup.
Carbon Monoxide There's More
Sidestream smoke causes
The big sidestream smoke significant damage to the
lungs of nonsmokers exposed
to it. The smoke from
Charlie's cigarette per-
manently scars some of the
small airways in your lungs.
As this reduces your lung
capacity, it makes it
necessary for you to put
more effort into breathing in.
order to get the amount of
oxygen your body needs.
Furthermore, reduced lung
capacity is often a
forerunner of emphysema
and other serious lung
disorders.
If Charlie has children or if.
his wife is pregnant,
sidestream smoke around
his home may be cause for
concern. Impaired lung
functions have been found in
the children of parents who
smoke. And constant ex-
posure to cigarette smoke
can injure the health of non-
smoking wives and their
unborn babies.
How much can
you safely inhale
from sidestream
Medical authorities can't
answer that question. But
from others' cigarettes, you
are. getting tiny doses day
after day...
There you
have it
Unwanted odors and tints
of tobacco smoke in your
hair and clothes. Irritations
of your allergies.
Cumulative carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Reduced lung efficiency.
And an increase in cancer
risk.
And all from other peoples'
cigarettes.
So don't smoke
Seems you only thought
you didn't! You are a
smoker, a passive smoker;
as long as you are in the
company of active smokers.
What can you
do about it?
Well, to start with, you
might begin by asking others
not . to smoke in:. your ,.
presence:'Teli .them that the
odor of tobacco smoke an-
noys you.
Then you could urge
smokers you know to quit.
There is plenty of -literature
available that tells how and
plenty of organizations
willing to offer advice and
help. For instance, your
local office of the Canadian
Cancer Society can help you
out. Ask the owners of
restaurants and taverns that
you patronize regularly to
set up nonsmokers' sections.
They'll do it if enough people
urge them.
Phone or write your
elected officials to ask what
is being done about
prohibiting smoking in en-
closed public places and on
trains, buses and aircraft.
They want to hear from you.
And, above all, be sure to
discuss the problem with
your nonsmoking friends.
You'll be surprised at the
number of new and useful
ideas an enthused group can
develop to combat passive
smoking.
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