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Consequences of Tobacco-Use: Preventable Causes of Death

Consequences of Tobacco-Use: Preventable Causes of Death. Smoking 400,000. Accidents 94,000 2 nd Hand Smoke 38,000 Alcohol 45,000 HIV/AIDS 32,600 Suicide 31,000 Homicide 21,000 Drugs 14,200.

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Consequences of Tobacco-Use: Preventable Causes of Death

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  1. Consequences of Tobacco-Use:Preventable Causes of Death Smoking 400,000 Accidents 94,000 2nd Hand Smoke 38,000 Alcohol 45,000 HIV/AIDS 32,600 Suicide 31,000 Homicide 21,000 Drugs 14,200

  2. Tobacco Kills More Americans Each Year Than Alcohol, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, Homicide, Suicide, Car Accidents, Fires and AIDS combined: (Chart of health effects- to be scanned in)

  3. Tobacco facts & stats

  4. Tobacco facts & stats • 85% of teenagers who smoke two or more cigarettes completely, and overcome the initial discomforts of smoking, will become regular smokers. • In a study of high school seniors, only 5% of those who smoked believed they would still be smoking two years after graduation. In fact, 75% were still smoking eight years later. • One-third to one-half of young people who try cigarettes go on to be daily smokers.

  5. Tobacco costs • Every pack of cigarettes sold in the U.S. costs the community $7.18 in medical care costs and lost productivity • IHS estimates $200 million is spent each year to treat tobacco related diseases • $75 billion in direct medical costs associated with tobacco use each year in U.S. • $82 billion unrealized due to loss of productivity as a result of tobacco abuse

  6. Tobacco costs A pack a day habit… 1 Year = $1,680 10 Years = $16,800 20 Years = $33,600

  7. NICOTINE: hard habits to quit • Poisonous • More addictive than cocaine and heroin • So powerful that farmers can’t use it to kill insects • Legal addiction • Use results in emotional dependence • Mood leveler • Users rely on it to control emotional responses to everyday life

  8. NICOTINE • On a milligram for milligram basis, is 10 timesmore potent than heroin as an addictive substance • Smoking is an over-learned behavior • Pack/day smoker estimates • 6 doses (puffs)/cigarette • 20 cigarettes per day • = 43,800 doses per year! • Few behaviors occur more often. . . • Breathing • Blinking

  9. What is a cigar? • A cigar has larger amounts of tobacco than a cigarette • A cigar is tobacco rolled up in a tobacco leaf • A cigar does not have a filter

  10. Smokeless Tobacco costs • Chew, Snuff, plug, leaf, and dip are all forms of smokeless tobacco. • If you hold the average-sized dip in your mouth for 30 minutes you get as much nicotine as you would from 2-3 cigarettes. • One can of Copenhagen is equal to 3 packs of cigarettes • Snuff dippers consume on average 10 times more cancer-causing substances (nitrosamines -- chemicals from the curing process) than cigarette smokers

  11. Smokeless Tobacco Effects • Tooth Abrasion • Gum Disease • Gum Recession • Heart Disease and Stroke • Cancer in the mouth, pharynx (voice box), esophagus and pancreas.

  12. Consequences of chewing tobacco: Leukoplakia Oral Cancer

  13. Second Hand Smoke • Smoke breathed out by a smoker and smoke from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, pipes • Composed of nearly 4,000 different chemicals and over 150 toxins including carbon monoxide

  14. Secondhand smoke:

  15. Second Hand Smoke & CHILDREN • 38% of children aged 2 months to 5 years are exposed to SHS in the home. • Up to 2,000,000 ear infections each year • Nearly 530,000 doctor visits for asthma • Up to 436,000 episodes of bronchitis in children under five • Up to 190,000 cases of pneumonia in children under five

  16. Second Hand Smoke & CHILDREN • Coughing and wheezing • Asthma • Sore throats and colds • Eye irritation • Hoarseness

  17. Second Hand Smoke & pregnancy • Pregnant women exposed to ETS 6 hours a day pass carcinogens to the blood of unborn • ETS for 2 hours a day causes 2 times risk of low birth weight • Miscarriage • Prematurity • Low birth weight • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

  18. Fetal Damage: • Fetal Smoking Syndrome: • Birth defects • Premature stillbirth • Low birth weight • Prone to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • Lowered immune capacity

  19. Arteriosclerosis & Atherosclerosis: Healthy artery Damaged artery

  20. Heart Attack: Smokers are twice as likely as Nonsmokers to have a heart attack Quitting smoking rapidly reduces the risk of coronary heart disease Torn heart wall: Result of over-worked heart muscle

  21. Stroke: This brain shows stroke damage, which can cause death or severe mental or physical disability

  22. Emphysema: Healthy lung Emphysematic lung Symptoms Include • Shortness of breath • Chronic cough • Wheezing • Anxiety • Weight loss • Ankle, feet and leg swelling • fatigue

  23. Lung Cancer:The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer

  24. Peripheral Vascular Disease

  25. Laryngeal Cancer • Symptoms: • Persistent hoarseness • Chronic sore throat • Painful swallowing • Pain in the ear • Lump in the neck Over 80% of deaths from laryngeal cancer are linked to smoking

  26. Common Consequences: • Stained teeth • Gum inflammation • Black hairy tongue • Oral cancer • Delayed healing of the gums Dental Problems: Above: Cavities Below: Gingivitis Overall poor oral health

  27. Chemical Box: What’s in Tobacco? • Tar: black sticky substance used to pave roads • Nicotine: Insecticide • Carbon Monoxide: Car exhaust • Acetone: Finger nail polish remover • Ammonia: Toilet Cleaner • Cadmium: used batteries • Ethanol: Alcohol • Arsenic: Rat poison • Butane: Lighter Fluid

  28. If smoking is so bad for us, why do we start?

  29. Cigar Use:Using beauty and fame to promote a dirty, devastating habit

  30. WHEN YOU QUIT… • Within 20 Minutes: • Blood pressure drops to normal • Pulse rate returns to normal • Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal • Within 8 Hours: • Carbon Monoxide level in blood drops to normal • Oxygen level in blood increases to normal • Smoker's breath disappears • Within 24 Hours: • Your chance of a heart attack decreases. • Within 48 Hours: • Nerve endings start to re-grow • Your ability to smell and taste is enhanced

  31. WHEN YOU QUIT… • Within 72 Hours: • Bronchial tubes relax making it easier to breathe. • Lung capacity increases making it easier to do physical activities • Within 2 weeks - 3 months: • Circulation improves • Walking becomes easier • Lung function increases up to 30 % • Within 1 - 9 months: • Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease • Energy level increases • Cilia re-grow in lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean lungs, reduce infection 

  32. WHEN YOU QUIT… • Within One Year: • Risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker • Within Two Years: • Heart attack risk drops to near normal • Within 5 Years: • Lung cancer death rate for average pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half • Stroke risk is reduced • Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker

  33. WHEN YOU QUIT… • Within 10 Years: • Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a person who does not smoke. • The pre-cancerous cells are replaced. • Within 15 Years: • Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.

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