"It's not just a cigarette you're smoking" - Radio Script
S.F.X: Sound of cigarette being lit and combusting.
M.V.O: When you smoke you inhale over 4000 chemicals…
Including Ammonia, found in toilet cleaner, Benzene - an ingredient in paint stripper… Acetone, that’s the stuff in nail polish remover… and Hydrogen Cyanide, used in rat poison.
S.F.X: Sound of an inhale
M.V.O: It’s no surprise
S.F.X: We hear a small cough
M.V.O: Every cigarette is doing you damage. NOW is the time to quit.
Call 131 848 today.
Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra.
Spoken by A. Carlton.
Smoking and your body
Tobacco use reduces not only your life expectancy but your quality of life. Many medical conditions caused by smoking can result not just in death, but in living for years with disabling health problems.
Quitters help
Quitting smoking can be one of the most difficult, yet rewarding things a person can do. Most smokers' say they would like to quit, and may have tried at least once. Some are successful the first time, but many other people try a number of times before they finally give up for good.
Health care professionals
Practical information on smoking cessation and effective strategies that general practitioners and other practice staff can apply to identify smokers and assist them to stop smoking.
Parents and smoking
Smoking causes many harms to your body but also to those around you that are younger. How does your smoking affect the ones you care for?