Show Page 26 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday 7 1996 April Especially 0 1996 by Universal Press Syndicate By BETTY DEBNAM mm Hm Mm tap ay My Mm m H Choose to Be Me A Smoke-Fre- e FACTE Smoking kills more people (more than 400000) each year than do AIDS alcohol car accidents murders suicides illegal drugs and fires combined Smoking increasing among teens New reports show that in the last few years smoking has increased among kids as young as 13 become FACE About 3000 About 1000 of smokers every day regular these will die from smoking-relate- d diseases teen-age- Secondhand smoke Prssldsnt BIN Clinton masts wWi a group of kids to talk about tha problem of young people amoklng Ha la leading the government' effort to do aomottilng about our country's No 1 provVitabi health Not only do smokers hurt themselves but Working for stronger laws NGfSMOKlNC President Bill Clinton and many others are working for stronger regulations that would reduce children's use both of cigarettes and smokeless or spit tobacco While there are laws against selling cigarettes to kids under 18 many still manage to get them These new laws would stop tobacco companies from giving away free cigarettes to teens or selling cigarettes in vending machines or through the mail These laws would also stop tobacco companies from directing ads at young smokers Many of these ads make kids think that smoking is the cool thing to do I t t The next time you go out to a public place look around and note how signs you see many They are everywhere — in restaurants in hospitals on airplanes Entire buildings are smoke-fre- e zones Ibday it’s harder to find a place to smoke than it used to be Many Americans have kicked the habit but smoking continues to be the No 1 health problem we can prevent All we have to do is quit — or better still just no( start You'll need: 2 cups cooked chicken diced lean cream of celery soup Vs cup green pepper chopped 2 cups spaghetti cooked 2 tablespoons butter or margarine melted Vs cup Parmesan cheese grated What to do: 1 Combine chicken soup green pepper and spaghetti in a large bowl Mix trail 2 Pour into a casserole 3 In a small bowl combine butter or margarine and Parmesan cheese Mix well 4 Sprinkle cheese mixture evenly over casserole 5 Cover and bake in a preheated 8504egree oven for 20 minutes Remove cover and bake another 10 minutes Serves 4 1 also those around them Kids run a greater risk of developing runny noses coughs sore throats and colds Asthma is a lung disease that affects nearly one out of every 10 kids When kids have an asthma attack their airways become narrower It is harder to breathe Their chest feels tight and they cant catch their breath Kids who are exposed to smoke and who have asthma are more likely to have attacks Smokeless tobacco Smokeless or "spit” tobacco is a form of tobacco that some people chew Smokeless tobacco g contains 28 known not safe a is It agents substitute for smoking The Family Guide to Smoking don’t smoke Often kids smoke because their parents da Most teen-agewho smoke come from smoking families Here are some facts that might be of interest to other family members not just kids What smoking does: fills I ) I I HEALTHCBXFASBWG S DUADSGCRSEUSC SMOKEEOEMLRVS V SER FGUAEUWCJEX TRAEHHGTLNXBI KS J LR SKHHLGYULSM T BAHKZEYSMYYDE I I I I I 1 1 —— Mini Spy and her friends are exercising for fun and fitness See if you can find: dragon number 2 peanut bell snake teapot numbers maAhmallow letterl cat lima bean number 8 m You don’t have a habit that You don't have smoker’s breath bothers others You save money You don't worry about starting cigarette fires f (about $1000 per year) carbon monoxide You have whiter teeth substances kills very small hairs that line the lungs These work like little brooms Their job is to sweep out bacteria and keep the lungs from becoming infected Each day healthy lungs produce 6 to 8 ounces of mucus a sticky liquid Mucus catches and holds the dust and germs that get into your lungs When the hair cells are dead the little brooms don't work You have to cough up all the mucus This causes smoker's cough makes you depend on nicotine a Mini Spy Jf your lungs with hot gases dust D AOCSMOK NGNLZEJ BPQU TDEQGAFAKL What happens when you rs and other Wbrds about smoking are hidden In the block below Some words are hidden backward or diagonally See if you can find: QUIT SMOKING LUNGS HEART HEALTH EXERCISE FIRES BREATHE HABIT LAWS BUY RISK AOS GASSES COUGH SMOKE SMELLY Q: What nail does a carpenter hate to hit? 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