Thursday - Our Lungs are "MINT" for breathing.
Did you know that your lungs contain almost 1500 miles of airways and that every minute you breathe in 13 pints of air?? Our lungs do important work! But smoking cigarettes makes it difficult for our lungs to function well. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer…not suspected, not in some cases, but KNOWN to cause cancer! In fact, about 8.6 million people in the US have at least one serious illness caused by smoking. These illnesses are preventable – all we need to do is be sure we are smoke-free! Our lungs are not “mint” for processing chemicals, our lungs are “mint” for breathing!
Sincerely,
Lisa Bowman
7th Grade Counselor at NOMS
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