Smoking

WHY, oh why, do people smoke?

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400,000 people die (Americans) from the effects of cigarette smoking: Most from heart disease or lung cancer but also from other respiratory illnesses, stroke and cancers.

Tobacco Use in American Society Since 1994, the population of smokers has declined (22.5% of adults smoke daily) Men (25.2%) smoke more than women (20%) College students smoke less than year 2000 Ethnicity, socioeconomics, education, gender, age are often factors that influence smoking

Not all the news is good Everyday, 6000 young people try tobacco and 3000 become regular smokers. In addition the average age for starting to smoke is 13 and for spit tobacco is 10.

Addiction Nicotine is thought to be as or more addictive than heroin.

Some Effects of Nicotine

WHAT’S IN THAT SMOKE??? 4000 different chemicals, at least 69 of which are known carcinogens Particulate matter = TAR: small particles of phenol, cresol, pyrene, DDT, benzene which deposit in and on your lung tissue Smoking one pack of cigarettes per day for a full year leaves one quart of tar in your lungs!!!

Using tobacco exposes the body to over 4000 chemicals

Nicotine - Tar - Carbon Monoxide - Addictive substance that makes users crave more tobacco Tar - Thick, dark liquid that covers the lungs and can cause lung cancer Carbon Monoxide - Poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns, same as exhaust fumes of cars

How does smoking affect you???????????

Some Effects of Smoking

How Smoking Affects Lungs

Effects of Tobacco on Body Mouth – bad breath, dulls taste buds Teeth – stains (ugly brown) Fingers - stains Lungs – bronchitis, cancer, emphysema Heart – works harder, increased risk of H.D. & stroke Stomach – one cause of ulcers Bladder – increased risk of bladder cancer

How to die from smoking? Coronary heart disease: leading cause of death in cigarette smokers. cigarette smoke speeds up the fatty deposits (plaques) in coronary arteries. Other CVD- stroke, aortic aneurysm, pulmonary heart disease (right side of heart damaged) Lung Cancer - benzopyrene (in cigarette smoke) cause genetic mutation in lung cells. Other cancers: mouth, trachea, pharynx, esophagus, liver, colon and skin, bladder.

How to die from smoking? Chronic obstructive lung disease – lungs constantly irritated damaging lung function. (4th leading cause of death) Emphysema- disease of the air sacs in the lungs lose their elasticity and are destroyed. Chronic bronchitis- persistent inflammation of the bronchial tubes resulting in over production of mucus and chronic cough Other respiratory damage- loss of cilia in nose, lungs and air passages

Non-lethal affects of smoking Ulcers Impotence Fertility dental disease Dulling of the senses-smell and taste Higher rate of automobile crashes and other accidents Skin-wrinkles, teeth staining, finger staining, odor in hair and clothes Economic

The Risks of Involuntary (Passive) Smoking Mainstream smoke = smoke inhaled/exhaled by smoker (15% exposure to non-smoker) Sidestream = smoke from the burning product (85% exposure to non-smoker) Second Hand = smoke exhaled by smoker Smoke can either be mainstream or sidestream. Both are considered passive smoke. All three forms of tobacco smoke lead to involuntary smoking and present health problems for both nonsmokers and smokers. Mainstream only makes up 15% of our exposure to involuntary smoking since the chemical compounds are retained by the smokers. Sidestream smoke is responsible for 85% of our involuntary smoke exposure. Because it’s not filtered by the tobacco, filter on the cigarette, or the smoker’s lungs, this form of smoke is more dangerous and contains more free nicotine and higher yields of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Sidestream smoke contains 20-100 times more quantity of highly carcinogenic materials than mainstream smoke. Partners of smokers are 3 x’s higher for HD and 30% higher risk for lung cancer

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