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2) blockage of the blood and oxygen supply to his heart which caused angina pectoris (heart pain) and required coronary bypass open heart surgery, middle panel and 3) blockage of the blood and oxygen supply to his feet causing gangrene of his toes which required amputation, lower panel (see slide 28). All of this could have been avoided if Jerome Brown never lit that first cigarette! As his physician stated, "He's been through a lot and is still hanging in there, but you don't want to be put in this position".

VIDEO SEGMENT 17
"Surgeon General's warning: smoking may complicate pregnancy"
This baby was born premature, weighed only two pounds at birth and was in acute respiratory distress (slide 29). This babies death may well have been avoided if the mother hadn't smoked during her pregnancy. The baby inside of a pregnant woman who smokes receives all of the poisons from the cigarettes, including carbon monoxide. This causes prematurity and respiratory defects as seen here. "My name is Willie Mae. I started smoking at the age of fifteen. I became pregnant at the age of fifteen. I smoked during my pregnancy. My baby was born with asthma, respiratory breathing problems and he was very sick". "My name is Valerie. I started smoking at the age of thirteen. I had previous miscarriages. I don't know if it's from the smoking. I had a small premature baby that did make it. He had breathing problems. He breathed like he had asthma. He was born at two pounds and four ounces. He was a very small baby. They tell you on a pack of cigarettes it can cause premature babies from smoking or even death, and so far, it's true".

VIDEO SEGMENT 18
"Warning: smoking ages the face and smoking stains the teeth and hands"
In this slide, facial photographs of non-smokers are compared with those of regular smokers of the same age (slide 30). The smokers on the right can be easily picked out because their faces are much more wrinkled. Smoker's face has been well described in the medical literature. Smokers in the 40 to 49 year age group were as likely to prominently wrinkle as non-smokers who were twenty years older. Tobacco tar stains your teeth and hands black as seen here (slide 31). In the same way, but much worse because the smoke is inhaled, tobacco tar stains your lungs black. In this slide, the lungs of a smoker are compared to the lungs of a non-smoker. These are casts of real specimens (slide 32). The lungs of the non-smoker have a

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