Paying to Die: Tobacco It’s Your Choice!

1. Paying to Die: TobaccoIt’s Your Choice! Health Education

2. Addiction • Any __________or activity that becomes the focus of a person’s life at the expense of other needs and interests can be _______to health

3. Addiction • Psychological dependence- • -a condition in which the user has a chemical need for the substance • Addiction can be either • - This is what will occur when a person stops using the drug on which they have become dependent

4. 5 Characteristics of addictive behaviors • Reinforcement-Pleasurable physical or emotional states, take away the negative • -Strong feeling to repeat behavior • Loss of control-Losses control over the behavior • Escalation- • ___________ -Problems with everyday life

5. Think Quick! Most people know that using tobacco is harmful. Why do you think some people continue to use tobacco products?

6. The Surgeon General states, “Tobacco use, particularly smoking, is the number _________cause of preventable disease and death in the United States.” ~Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS — U.S. Surgeon General

7. What You Need To Know! • An estimated 440,000 Americans die each year from diseases caused by smoking. • Each day, nearly 6,000 children under 18 years of age start smoking; of these, nearly 2,000 will become regular smokers. • Approximately 90 percent of smokers begin smoking before the age of 21. They will become lifelong customers of the TOBACCO OCMPANIES! • At current rates, an estimated 6.4 million children will die prematurely from a smoking-related disease. • Of adolescents who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, most of them report that they would like to quit, but are not able to do so. ~American Lung Association, Adolescent Smoking Statistics, November 2003

8. What’s in a Cigarette? • With each puff of a cigarette you experience: • Nicotine- _____________ drug found in tobacco • Stimulant • Speeds ____________________ • Increases ________________ • Raises __________________ • Nicotine is associated with Heart Disease and Stroke

9. Nicotine (Continued) • – in a pure form, is one of the most ___________drugs known to man and is habit forming • After nicotine enters the lungs, it is absorbed immediately into the bloodstream and within __seconds reaches the brain

10. What’s in a cigarette? • Has anyone ever tried smoking a cigarette??? • First time users have __________ to nicotine and will experience a racing heart, sweating, nausea, and dizziness

11. With each puff of a cigarette you experience: Carbon Monoxide- __________, __________ poisonous gas Binds to ______________in red blood cells, keeping them from carrying oxygen – causes ______________ which is a decreased oxygen level in the body What’s in a Cigarette?

12. What’s in a cigarette? • Carbon Monoxide ___________risk for High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Arteriosclerosis • Carbon Monoxide is commonly found the ___________________

13. With each puff of a cigarette you experience: ________Thick, sticky dark fluid produced when tobacco burns Tar enters respiratory system causes problems Upper Respiratory System (Trachea) Destroys __________ ________- Tiny hair like projections that move mucus and debris out of respiratory system What’s in a Cigarette?

14. What’s in a cigarette? • Lower Respiratory System (Lungs and Alveoli) • Tar binds to lung tissue keeping it from moving normal • Tar binds to alveoli blocking exchange of oxygen and carbon monoxide

15. What’s in a cigarette? 4. Carcinogens • ___________ causing agents • In addition to Nicotine, Carbon Monoxide and Tar, tobacco contains around 45 carcinogens.

16. Pipe and Cigar Tobacco • Just like cigarettes, _____ and_______ cause problems. • Cigars contain more ________ and produce more tar and CO than cigarettes. • Increased risk of Lip, Mouth and Throat cancers 1 cigar = 1 pack of cigarettes (Nicotine)

17. Chewing Tobacco Tobacco that is cut into strips and chewed or stored in mouth Contains nicotine Absorbed through mucous membranes in mouth Contains 28 carcinogens 2-3x as much nicotine/carcinogens are absorbed due to storing in mouth ____________________ pre-cancer white spots inside the mouth Snuff Tobacco that is ________ up into fine grits and is snorted though the nose Contains nicotine Absorbed through mucous membranes in nose Contains 28 carcinogens Smokeless Tobacco

18. Long-Term Effect of Tobacco Use 1. ________________ – is a disease of the heart and blood vessels. • The___________ of tobacco force the heart to work harder to deliver oxygen to the heart. Therefore, the smoker is at a higher risk of the following:

19. Long-term effects (1)High ___________________ (2)___________ – a smoker is ______ times more likely to suffer form a heart attack than a non smoker (3)A heart attack is_____to ___ times more likely to kill a smoker than a nonsmoker

20. Long term effects 2. Respiratory disease So just what is “______________”??? As tar destroys cillia, dust particles and mucus accumulate in the air passages, causing the smoker to ___________to try to clean out the _________________.

21. Long Term effects • When coughing can no longer keep the air passages clear, the smoker eventually develops: a._______________ – the bronchial tubes are swollen and clogged with mucus. People with this disease have a hard time filling their lungs with air. There is no cure for this disease 

22. Long term effects b. _________________ –is a breathing disorder in which the small sacs in the lungs lose their _____________ • ___________in your body resemble tiny balloons that no amount of puffing will blow up. • A person with this disease cannot rid this body of ______________ • Damage done to the lungs from emphysema cannot be __________ or ___________.

23. Long term effects 3. ________ – tobacco use is a major factor in developing certain cancers • Lung cancer – one of the most _____ form of cancer. ______ of deaths related to lung cancer are related to smoking. • Oral cancers – cancers of the mouth , throat, and tongue • leukoplakia

24. Passive smoking • Nonsmokers who involuntarily breath ________________ smoke become passive smokers • There is ________ as much tar and nicotine in ____________ smoke as in mainstream smoke • Side-stream smoke contains _________ as much CO as mainstream smoke

25. Passive smoking • Each year passive smoking contributes to 150,000 to 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in babies and triggers 8,000 to 26,000 new cases of asthma in previously unaffected children • _______________ and other _________ are often made worse in the presence of tobacco smoke • Long-term exposure to __________ smoke increases your risk of heart disease and lung cancer.

26. Smoking and the Body • Tobacco products can cause damage to many body systems.

27. Hairy Tongue • Oral Damage from years of smoking

28. Stroke • Clot in the brain (Kills brain tissue)

29. Cataracts • Opaque covering over the eye

30. Mouth and Throat

31. Lung Cancer

32. Coronary Heart Disease

33. Atherosclerosis

34. Kidney Cancer

35. Resource • All pictures were taken from the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking Tobacco • http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/welcome.html

36. Tobacco Affects All Areas of Life • Mental Health: impairs ability to concentrate and relax. • Family and Social Health: Smoke can hurt others that are in the room • People may not want to hang out (Smell or look) • Growth & Development: Women who smoke have LBW babies. • Nutrition: Impairs your sense of taste. • Exercise and Fitness: Decreased Cardiovascular endurance. • Drugs: Produces physical and psychological dependence. • Disease and Disorders: Increased risk of heart and lung disease. • Personal Health: Teeth turn yellow, fingers turn yellow, breath smells. • Safety and First Aid: Major cause of home fires (smoking in bed) • Environmental Health: Major source of indoor pollution. • Legally Implications: Selling to or buying tobacco under 18 y.o is illegal • Financial Implications: Very costly

37. Cost of Smoking • On average, the price of tobacco products is as follows: • $4.00 pack of cigarettes • $3.25 can of chewing tobacco • How much money would you spend in 1 month if you smoked/chewed 1 pack a day. • 1 Year • 10 years • 25 years ($120) $$$$$ ( ) ($ ) (_______)

38. The “TRUE” Cost of Smoking • Every time you smoke a cigarette, you are paying with your life. 1 Cigarette= 11 minutes of life 1 Pack of Cigarettes = 3 hours 40 minutes 1 Carton of Cigarettes = 1.5 days

39. Tobacco Kills!! • 1,316 people die everyday in the United States due to tobacco related illnesses

40. North Allegheny’s Most Wanted • Your task is to design a wanted poster for the chemicals in cigarettes. • Refer to and include the following for the wanted poster: • Past crimes (Diseases or problems associated with it) • Current location (Where it is found) • Potential to be dangerous (What it can do to the body) • Reward for their expulsion or capture (Benefits of quitting or abstaining from cigarettes) • Include a creative diagram and design a poster that illustrates the scientific facts abut the chemicals.