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Coordinated School Health 2016-2017

Listen Up & Kick Butt!. YOU COULD BE THE NEXT SUPERHERO …DETAILS INSIDE …. Coordinated School Health 2016-2017. What Is Tobacco?. Tobacco is a plant. The plant leaves are picked, dried, ground up, and processed to be used in cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and chew tobacco. 1.

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Coordinated School Health 2016-2017

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  1. Listen Up & Kick Butt! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT SUPERHERO …DETAILS INSIDE… Coordinated School Health 2016-2017

  2. What Is Tobacco? Tobacco is a plant. The plant leaves are picked, dried, ground up, and processed to be used in cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and chew tobacco.1

  3. Warning: Tobacco is Harmful to your health • Nicotine in Tobacco is Highly Addictive.1 • Tobacco smoke contains over 7,000chemicals, many known to cause cancer.2 • Tobacco negatively affects every partof your body.3 • Tobacco use can reduce your life by 10 years.4

  4. Warning: Tobacco is Harmful to your health What’s in a cigarette?1

  5. Death Toll from tobacco More than 480,000 Americans die every year from smoking-related causes.1 That’s as many as EIGHT U of A football stadiums FULL of people!

  6. cigarettes, Cigarillos, and cigars Cigarettes, cigarillos, and cigars are burned and inhaled. These products are some of the most common forms of tobacco.1

  7. harmful Effects of cigarettes, Cigarillos, and cigars Causes heart and circulatory system issues2 Deposits tar on your lungs and makes it hard to breathe1 • Yellows teeth, damages gums, and creates sores3 Damages your lungs and can lead to lung cancer2 Can raise risk for birth defects in babies4 **Smoking can cause lung cancer, emphysema, bronchitis, and heart disease (yes, smoking can damage your heart).

  8. Chew, snus, and Dissolvable Tobacco • Comes in chew, dip, pouch, and dissolvable forms.1 • These products are usually placed in the mouth between the cheeks and gums. • Contains more nicotine than smoked tobacco. This makes them more addictive.2

  9. harmful Effects of Chew, snus, and Dissolvable Tobacco • Bad Breath1 • Yellow-stained teeth1 • Increased risk of oral and throat cancer2 • Gum Disease and tooth loss2

  10. E-cigarettes, Vaping, and Hookah E-cigarettes heat up a chemical liquid, turning it into vapor form to be inhaled.1 Hookahs are water pipes that are used to smoke specially made tobacco that is usually flavored.2

  11. harmful Effects of E-cigarettes, Vaping, and Hookah There is limited information on the harms of e-cigarettes because they are so new.1 Prolonged use of e-cigarettes or vaping can cause Popcorn Lung.1

  12. Tobacco Companies are targeting you Tobacco companies target youth because they need to replace the older adult smokers who have died.1 You are just a dollar sign to tobacco companies. Tobacco companies use the same flavors, colors, fonts, and packaging as candy to fool youth into using their products.2

  13. Tobacco Companies are targeting you What tobacco companies want you to believe What tobacco companies won’t tell you

  14. Be a hero and kick some butt! Don’t experiment or use tobacco products. Don’t allow others to pressure you or your friends to use tobacco products. Learn to say NO! If someone is smoking around you, walk away or ask them nicely to put it out. If you know some one who uses tobacco, talk to them about quitting in a caring, concerned, and supportive way.

  15. Thank you! BE YOUR OWN HERO. STAND UP AGAINSTTOBACCO!

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