S.W.A.T

(12-04-2023) with Mr. Jones

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(Students Working Against Tobacco)

88% of adult cigarette smokers started before age 18. This sad that someone can smoke for that long and it has affected their whole life style.

Another fact is "Alabama children buy 8.6 million packs of cigarettes every year."

A vape could be helpful if it was presented to the public that way but it just wasn't. They have not presented it towards that way because they are trying to help themselves or their own businesses.

(1/6 high school students have vaped)

Everyone one of the students who were interviewed each says they vape because of stress or problems they have in their daily lives. They have all figured out that after that one hit it became an addiction. "Educate yourself on the product."

Ingredients included in tobacco smoke are DDT (Insecticide), Arsenic (Rat Poison), Ammonia (Toilet Bowl Cleaner), Acetone (Nail Polish Remover), Propylene Glycol (Anti-Freeze), Carbon Monoxide (Car Exhaust), Formaldehyde (Embalming Fluid), Hydrogen Cyanide (Gas Chamber Poison).

Smoking KILLS more Americans than murders, suicides, car wrecks, drunk driving, accidents, fires, alcohol, drugs and AIDS COMBINED.

"We don't care how old they are. If they have lips, they're old enough to smoke!"

"We don't smoke those things. We leave it for the poor, the stupid and the young."

"Today's teenager is tomorrow's potential regular customer, and the overwhelming majority of smokers first begin to smoke while still in their teens."

"The base of our business is the high school student."