b'HEALTH CHECKSmoking Statistics100,000Nearly 100,000 smokers in the UK die from smoking related causes each year.Chemicals in Cigarettes 4,000Tobacco smoke is made up of thousands of chemicals, including at least 70 known to cause cancer. TheseJust one cigarette contains 4,000 cancer-causing chemicals are referred to as carcinogens. Some of the chemicals found in tobacco smoketoxic chemicalsinclude:Hydrogen CyanideConsidered one of6,400,000Arsenic the most toxic agentsCarbon monoxide In the UK population in 2022, Can increase your risk ofin tobacco smoke Reduces the ability lung, kidney and bladderof the red blood12.9% of people aged 18 and over, cancer, and heart disease cells to deliveror around 6.4 million people, oxygen to tissues smoked cigarettes54%In 2022 / 23, 54% of people using NHS Stop Smoking Services claimed to be successful in quitting.5,000Benzene Formaldehyde Smoking during pregnancy causes Exposure to benzeneRadioactive elements, suchCauses cancer inup to 5,000 miscarriages, 300 can harm the boneas Polonium-210the nose and marrow, where newThe same substance thattrachea and canperinatal deaths and 2,200 blood cells are made poisonedpossibly causepremature births in the UK each Alexander Litvinenkoleukaemia yearHow Smoking Affects Your Heart and Brain 17.3 BillionThe chemicals in cigarettes make the walls of your arteries sticky. This causes fatty material to stick toThe cost of smoking to society in the walls. The fatty material can begin to clog your arteries and reduce the space for blood ow properly. England is 17.3 billion, including aIf the arteries that carry blood to your heart get clogged, it can lead to a heart attack signicant cost to the NHS andIf the arteries that carry blood to your brain get clogged, it can lead to a stroke social care.Smoking can also a\x02ect your heart and blood vessels by; 6.6 Billion Increasing your risk of blood clots lost to smoking-related unemployment Causing an instant rise to your heart rate Causing an instant rise to your blood pressure 6.1 BillionReducing the amount of oxygen delivered to the rest of your body lost to smoking-related lost earnings1.9 Billion to smoking related hospital admissions1.1 Billion to care for smoking related illness in later lifeArteries in the heartArteries in the brain1.3 Billion getting blocked getting blocked lost to smoking-related early deathsInformation taken from Action on Smoking Health (ASH.org.uk)22 .The Networker Spring 2024'