Tobacco

● Nicotine: Addictive drug found in tobacco LEAVES and in all tobacco product. ● Tar: thick, oily, DARK LIQUID that forms when tobacco burns.

● Carbon monoxide: poisonous, COLORLESS, odorless gas ● Substance released when tobacco is burned

What Is Tobacco? A plant that is mostly used for SMOKING, but also used in smokeless products such as chew and snuff.

Types of tobacco products ● Cigarettes ● Cigars and Pipes: ● Smokeless tobacco: chew or inhaled through the nose

Why Do People Start Smoking? ☞ Peer Pressure ☞ Relaxation ☞ Seems Attractive ☞ STRESSED

What Is in Cigarettes? ☠ Ammonia (floor/toilet cleaner) ☠ Arsenic (rat poison) ☠ Methanol (rocket fuel) ☠ Ethanol (alcohol) ☠ Formaldehyde (preserve the dead) ☠ Acetone (nail polish remover) ☠ Stearic Acid (candle wax) ☠ Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug) ☠ Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison) Over 4,000 chemicals, most of them poisonous and some cancerous

Types of Harmful Smoking ● Secondhand smoking – is breathing air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke. ● SIDE-STREAM SMOKE- is smoke coming from the burning tip of the cigarette. ● Mainstream smoking – smoke the smoker exhales. ● Passive Smokers – nonsmokers who breathe secondhand smoke.

Frightening Teenage Facts 9 out of 10 regular smokers began using tobacco products before age 18 Every day in the US 6,000 teens try their first cigarette and another 3,000 teens become regular smokers. The average teen smoker begins at age 13. Of those who begin smoking as teens, 1/3 will eventually die from some smoke-related causes. About 2/3 of teen smokers say they want to quit smoking About 2.6 million packs of cigarettes are sold illegally to minors in this country every day. Every year more than 400,000 Americans will die from Tobacco- related illness

Physical Effects of Tobacco Use L Heart Attacks L STROKES L Lung Cancer L Mouth Cancer L Emphysema

Physical Effects of Tobacco Use cont.

Diseases of the Respiratory System ● Chronic Bronchitis- bronchi in the lungs are irritated; coughing and excessive mucous secretion occur. ● Emphysema- destruction of tiny air sacs in the lungs. As the walls between the sacs are DESTROYED, they lose their elasticity and more breaths are required.

Emphysema Neither Emphysema nor lung cancer kills you quickly. Both are SLOW and become painful and debilitating in time. Here is what one lung diseased with emphysema looks like:

Affects of Tobacco ● Addiction – a physical or PSYCHOLOGICAL need for a drug or other substance. ● Withdrawal – unpleasant symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance. People will get irritable, anxious, depressed, and tired. ● Physiological Dependence – is a type of ADDICTION in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug. ● Psychological Dependence – is an addiction in which the mind sends the body the message that is needs more of a substance. Perceived effects – extra energy, calmness, control weight.

How to Quit the Use of Tobacco ❖ Set Goals: Set a date to quit, quit for short periods of time, quit for an hour, or day or so. Don’t keep putting it off! ❖ Decide on the best way to be tobacco free, whether it be using gum, the patch, or whatever works. ❖ Change your environment, get rid of anything that reminds you of smoking. Change your friends, get away from anything where tobacco may be around. ❖ Be around people who encourage and support you in quitting. If needs be see a counselor for help.

Reasons Not To Use Tobacco Products o Your BREATHING will be effortless o You will have more money o You will live longer o You will be more socially accepted o Your appearance will be more attractive o It will be easier to get a job o Life will not get any better when used o Life will be more enjoyable