Tobacco

1. Tobacco Chapter 11: Sec. 1-3 pp. 264-278 All Tobacco Products Are Dangerous

2. ObjectivesSection 1 • List six types of tobacco products • Identify the drug that makes all forms of tobacco addictive • Name six dangerous chemicals found in tobacco smoke • Identify four carcinogens found in smokeless and other forms of tobacco • State the reasons why herbal cigarettes are not a healthy choice for teens

3. ObjectivesSection 2 • State the short-term effects of tobacco use • Summarize the long-term health risks associated with tobacco use • State the effects of secondhand smoke on a nonsmoker • Describe how smoking affects unborn children whose mothers smoke during pregnancy • List three reasons you would give a friend to encourage him or her not to smoke

4. ObjectivesSection 3 • Discuss the factors that contribute to tobacco use • Summarize three ways that tobacco use affects families and society • List four things a person can do to make quitting smoking easier • Name five benefits of being tobacco free • List five ways to refuse tobacco products if they’re offered to you

5. Harmful substances in tobacco • Cigarette Smoke has poisonous chemicals • 4000+ chemicals in cigarette smoke • 40 carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) • Nicotine is the addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products; causes heart disease • Taris the sticky, black substance in tobacco • Carbon Monoxide is a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream • Ammonia is found in bathroom cleaners

6. Four carcinogens found in tobacco products • Cyanide • A poisonous gas used to develop photographs • Formaldehyde • A substance used to preserve laboratory animals and as embalming fluid • Lead • A dangerous metal • Vinyl chloride • A flammable gas used to make plastic products

7. Other Forms of Tobacco Have Poisonous Chemicals • Snuff has 3X more nicotine than smoke does (8 dips = 30 cigarettes) • Chewing tobacco leads to mouth sores and oral cancer • Herbal cigarettes (cloves, bidis, and kreteks) • Pipe tobacco and cigars There is NOsafe form of tobacco

8. Smokeless tobacco Chewing Snuff

9. Leukoplakia Mouth cancer Gum disease Discolored teeth Leukoplakia: White patches on the lips, gums, tongue, and inner mouth Health problems caused by smokeless tobacco

10. Long-Term Effects of Tobacco Use • Addiction • Bronchitis and Emphysema • Heart and Artery Diseases • Cancer (lung, bladder, kidney, cervical, pancreas, etc.) • Immune System Suppression • Makes you unattractive

11. Cardiovascular diseases caused by smoking • Heart disease • Stroke • Atherosclerosis (Buergers disease)

12. Problems caused by smoking during pregnancy • Low birth weight • Premature birth • Stillbirths • Miscarriages • Slow growth rate • Risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), developing respiratory illness and learning difficulties

13. Mainstream Smoke Sidestream Smoke Secondhand Smoke/Environmental Tobacco Smoke Passive smoking/smoker Lifestyle illness Inhaled smoke from a cigarette. The burning end of a cigarette. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke. The smoke a non-smoker breathes in Partly by unhealthy behaviors Other important terms

14. Why Do People Use Tobacco • Family and Friends • Misconceptions • Advertising • Curiosity • Rebellion

15. Tobacco Use Affects the Family and Society • Over $1,500 per year for buying tobacco products • Lost wages due to illness • Medical bills • Funeral cost *Selling tobacco to anyone under 18 years of age is illegal

16. Tips for Quitting • Smoking is unhealthy • Smoking is expensive • Smoking stinks • Smoking looks unattractive • Smoking damages your skin • Decide that you can do it • Nicotine substitutes

17. Reasons to Quit Smoking • You’ll live longer • You’ll smell better • You won’t have bad breath • You’ll be able to taste food • You’ll have extra money • You’ll be able to sit through a whole movie without shaking • You won’t cough all the time • You won’t need a chemical to make you feel good

18. Skills for Refusing Tobacco • Be honest • Give a reason • Suggest an alternative

19. Benefits of Being Tobacco Free • Getting fewer colds, sore throats, and asthma attacks • Not coughing if you’re not sick • Being less likely to have stained teeth, bad breath, or chronic gum disease • Being able to taste their food and smell flowers • Not smelling like smoke all the time • Not exposing loved ones to the harmful chemicals in smoke • Not having black bits of tobacco in your teeth • Not having to carry around a cup of brown spit

20. Benefits of Quitting • Within ½ hour after quitting blood pressure and heart rate go back to normal • 8 hours after quitting there will be no CO2 in the bloodstream/ blood-oxygen levels will be normal • Within a few days sense of smell and taste will improve/breathing will be easier • In the following months: • lung health will improve, no shortness of breath anymore • risk of lung cancer reduced about 10 x • threat of emphysema will almost disappear • heart disease risk decreases

21. For Your information • Tobacco is the leading cause of premature death in the U.S. • More than 400,000 people die each year from diseases caused by tobacco. • More than 50,000 non-smokers are regularly exposed to cigarette • Tobacco is a dangerous and addictive drug

22. Online resources • http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/index.php