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Group presentation
Alcohol and smoking. (Preventing further damage to Bill’s body, liver and lungs particularly) * Effects of alcohol consumption and smoking * Quit line help * AA (alcoholics anonymous)
The report shows that 49% of men and 15% of women have an alcohol use disorder, 36% have a drug use disorder
Effects of alcohol 1. Short term effects * Alcohol starts to affect the brain within five minutes of being consumed. * Effects on behaviour
More likely to be talkative, acts and feels confident, judgement and movement impaired, visual attention impaired, possible loss of consciousness and even death. * Intoxication risk
Road accidents, suicides 2. Long term effects * heart damage * high blood pressure and stroke * liver disease * cancers of the digestive system * other digestive system disorders (eg stomach ulcers) * sexual impotence and reduced fertility * increasing risk of breast cancer * sleeping difficulties * brain damage with mood and personality changes * concentration and memory problems * nutrition-related conditions * risks to unborn babies. http://www.wesleymission.org.au/publications/homeless/ http://www.dassa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=122#effects
Effects of smoking
Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking cigarettes. One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age. Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers.
The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.
This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated. Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full
Alcohol and smoking. (Preventing further damage to Bill’s body, liver and lungs particularly) * Effects of alcohol consumption and smoking * Quit line help * AA (alcoholics anonymous)
The report shows that 49% of men and 15% of women have an alcohol use disorder, 36% have a drug use disorder
Effects of alcohol 1. Short term effects * Alcohol starts to affect the brain within five minutes of being consumed. * Effects on behaviour
More likely to be talkative, acts and feels confident, judgement and movement impaired, visual attention impaired, possible loss of consciousness and even death. * Intoxication risk
Road accidents, suicides 2. Long term effects * heart damage * high blood pressure and stroke * liver disease * cancers of the digestive system * other digestive system disorders (eg stomach ulcers) * sexual impotence and reduced fertility * increasing risk of breast cancer * sleeping difficulties * brain damage with mood and personality changes * concentration and memory problems * nutrition-related conditions * risks to unborn babies. http://www.wesleymission.org.au/publications/homeless/ http://www.dassa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=122#effects
Effects of smoking
Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking cigarettes. One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age. Tobacco smoke also contributes to a number of cancers.
The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.
This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated. Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full