1. Chapter 11- Tobacco Section 1- Tobacco Use
Section 2- Dangers of Tobacco Use
Section 3- A Tobacco-Free Life

2. True or False? At high doses, nicotine is a nerve poison. True
Chewing tobacco is safer than smoking tobacco because no smoke gets into the lungs.
False
Herbal cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes because they don’t contain tobacco.
You can smoke for many years before you start to harm your lungs.

3. The smoke that escapes from a burning cigarette is dangerous to others.
True
The placenta protects a fetus from smoke in women that smoke during pregnancy.
False
Nonsmokers get fewer colds than smokers.

4. Types of Tobacco Products
Cigarettes
Chewing tobacco
Snuff (dip)
Pipe Tobacco
Cigars
Herbal cigarettes
*All tobacco products have dangerous chemicals

5. Nicotine
Nicotine is the additive drug that is found in all tobacco products
At low doses, it is a mild stimulant and muscle relaxant
At higher doses, it is a powerful nerve poison
60 milligrams of nicotine is enough to kill most people
1-2 milligrams are inhaled when a cigarette is smoked
Nicotine can enter the body through the lungs, the gums, and the skin.

6. Cigarette Smoke Has Poisonous Chemicals
There are more than 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke
At least 40 of the chemicals in cigarette smoke are carcinogens
Carcinogens are chemicals or agents that cause cancer
Tar- sticky black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens

7. Tar includes……. 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

8. Other dangerous chemicals found in cigarette smoke…..
Carbon monoxide- a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream
Ammonia- a chemical found in bathroom cleaners

9. Other Forms of Tobacco
Snuff contains 2-3 times more nicotine than cigarette smoke does.
Smokeless tobacco- you chew it and spit it
Snuff and chewing tobacco contain different carcinogens and lead to mouth sores and oral cancer.

10. Other Forms of Tobacco
Herbal cigarettes contain tobacco and a spice that makes them taste better.
Pipe tobacco and cigars are also linked to oral cancer.
There is NO safe form
of tobacco!

11. Nicotine is Addictive
Cigarette smoke kills more than 400,000 people in the United States each year.
Almost all smokers start as teenagers.
The effects of nicotine on the brain and body lead to physical dependence and addiction.
Quitting smoking is difficult and withdrawal is unpleasant, but the dangerous effects of smoking are far worse than withdrawal.

12. Substance-free Message
Create a public service message that sends a positive message about living without tobacco and/or alcohol.
Focus on a risk behavior
Promote positive behavior instead of negative choices
What are benefits of the positive choice?
Who is your target audience?
Rough draft: 5 points in class today
Final Draft: 10 points
Total: 15 points Due: Friday, 12/03

13. Chapter 11 Section 2 Dangers of Tobacco Use

14. Review
What is………………
The highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products
Nicotine
Any chemical or agent that causes cancer
Carcinogen
A sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens
Tar

15. A gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream
Carbon monoxide
What are the two forms of smokeless tobacco?
Snuff and chewing tobacco
What health risks do smokeless tobacco products cause?
Mouth sores and oral cancer

16. Short-Term Effects of Tobacco Use
Nicotine stimulates the brain reward system
Increases the heart rate and blood pressure
Increases breathing rate
Increases blood-sugar levels
Stimulates the vomit reflex
Coughing
Breath and clothes stink
Black specks between your teeth

17. Long-Term Effects of Tobacco Use
Addiction
Bronchitis and Emphysema
Heart and Artery Diseases
Cancer
Immune System Suppression
Discolored teeth
Mouth sores
Dulls the senses of smell and
taste

18. Key Terms
Sidestream smoke- the smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
Mainstream smoke- smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker
Environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke)- a combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke

19. Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
For every 8 people killed by their own smoking, a nonsmoker is killed by exposure to secondhand smoke.
Secondhand smoke causes headaches, nausea, dizziness, and illness.
The children of smokers suffer from lower respiratory infections, asthma, and ear infections.

20. Dangers of Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
Chemicals from cigarette smoke pass through the placenta to the developing infant and affect the baby the same way they affect the mother.
Smoking while pregnant can lead to miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome.
Smoking can also affect a fetus’s
brain, causing developmental
difficulties.

21. Reflection
What are your favorite activities and how would smoking affect your ability to perform them?
List three reasons you would give a friend to encourage him/her not to smoke.
Why is quitting smoking so difficult?
Why do tobacco companies target young people with their advertisements?