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Understanding the Impacts of Tobacco on Health and Society

Tobacco use poses severe health risks not only to smokers but also to nonsmokers, unborn children, and infants. Environmental tobacco smoke consists of mainstream and sidestream smoke, affecting children significantly. Statistics reveal that while millions want to quit smoking each year, only a small fraction succeed. Smoking is a major cause of preventable deaths and has enormous economic impacts, costing the U.S. over $193 billion in 2004 alone. The adverse effects include increased risks of respiratory issues in children and serious complications during pregnancy.

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Understanding the Impacts of Tobacco on Health and Society

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  1. Tobacco

  2. 4,000 43 3,000 2 & ½ times 60% Read page 552 for the answers! Effects on nonsmokers & unborn children and infants. Make a sentence using the numbers to the left.

  3. Talking About Tobacco Run time: 13:00

  4. Vocabulary pg. 551 • Environmental tobacco smoke • Mainstream smoke • Sidestream smoke

  5. Why do some teens use tobacco? • Smoking will help them control their weight • Help them cope in times of stress or crisis. • Make them seem mature and independent • Peer pressure • Media influences

  6. Statistics • Each year 4-5 people say they want to kick the habit. • Each year fewer than 1-10 actually do. • It takes approximately 10 seconds for the chemicals to reach the brain once nicotine is inhaled • Once in the brain, dopamine is released. • When nicotine levels drop, the smoker begins to feel irritated and craves nicotine

  7. Statistics Continued • Research have found that after a few months, tobacco users begin to develop a tolerance for the nicotine. The body also removes the nicotine faster from the bloodstream so smokers need to smoke more. • Smoking is the third leading cause of death in this country. • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2004, smoking cost the U.S. economy more than $193 billion—including $96 billion in health care costs and $97 billion in lost productivity. .

  8. Effects of smoke on young children • In the U.S. 21 million children live in homes where residence or visitors smoke in the home on a regular basis. • Children of smokers tend to have a higher incidence of sore throats, ear infections, and upper respiratory problems. • Children who live with smokers have double the risk of developing lung cancer. • Children of smokers are nearly 3 times as likely to smoke.

  9. Effects of smoke on unborn children and infants • Can impair fetal growth. • Miscarriages • Prenatal death • Premature delivery • Low birth weight • Deformities • Growth & Developmental problems throughout early childhood. • Stillbirths

  10. Interactive Study Guide • http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078726549/360002/InterActCh21Ls3.html

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