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Tobacco Use and Health Effects

Tobacco Use and Health Effects. Tobacco. Is a drug Is very addictive Contains nicotine - acts as a stimulant in the body Nicotine can also be found in insecticides (sprays to kill bugs). Did You Know?. Nicotine is extremely poisonous to the body. In high doses, it can cause: Vomiting

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Tobacco Use and Health Effects

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  1. Tobacco Use and Health Effects

  2. Tobacco • Is a drug • Is very addictive • Contains nicotine - acts as a stimulant in the body • Nicotine can also be found in insecticides (sprays to kill bugs)

  3. Did You Know? • Nicotine is extremely poisonous to the body. In high doses, it can cause: • Vomiting • Shaking • Convulsions • Even death

  4. Tobacco Addiction • Your body gets used to the chemicals in tobacco and will need more and more to keep the cravings and other addictive effects away

  5. Tobacco Addiction • Can’t control cravings for tobacco products • Depressed moods • Irritable

  6. Tobacco Addiction • How soon can addiction occur? • Can occur over a very short period of time • Everyone is different • There is no way to know how an individual’s body will respond

  7. Tobacco Addiction • Most people that smoke want to stop, but feel that they cannot because they are too addicted • 75% of high school smokers have tried to quit, but have failed

  8. Tobacco • Also affects the body in these ways: • Sick more often --Decreased performance in sports --Coughing • Difficulty breathing • Reduced sense of taste and smell

  9. How can tobacco use affect your overall health? • Lung disease • Stroke • Heart disease • Diabetes • Pre-term birth

  10. How does tobacco use affect oral health? • Stain teeth • Tooth decay • Gum recession • Bad breath • Oral cancer

  11. Oral health and overall health • Did you know that the health of our mouths also affects the health of our whole body? • This is why it is so important to take care of our mouths as well as our bodies

  12. 4,000 kids will try to smoke today • 4,000 kids will try to smoke tomorrow and each day thereafter… Will you be one of them?

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