1. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TOBACCO

2. Why Teens Use Tobacco Friends Family Media
Addicts usually start in their teens.
If friends use tobacco, teen will be more likely to as well.
Family
Children of tobacco users are more likely to use themselves.
Media
Advertising of tobacco on TV and radio has been banned for over 30 years.
Companies still spend $15 billion on ads.

3. QUESTION
What people or factors have influenced your decisions about tobacco use?

4. What is Tobacco? Made from dried, processed leaves of tobacco plants.
Tobacco plants naturally produce a chemical that acts as an insecticide.
This insecticide is nicotine, a very addictive chemical in tobacco products.

5. Smoked Tobacco Products
Cigarettes
Cured shredded tobacco leaves rolled into paper
Bidis
Imported from India, tobacco in a leaf wrapped in string
Kreteks
Improted from Indonesia, contain ground clove
Cigars
Less processed cigarette tobacco. Contains more nicotine

6. Smokeless Tobacco Products
Chewing Tobacco (dip, chew)
Poor-quality, ground tobacco leaves mixed with flavorings
Wads of chew are placed between the check and gum
Snuff
Finely ground chewing tobacco
Dry powder or oil may be added
Most place in mouths between lower lip and teeth, other sniff through nose

7. FACTS TOBACCO CONTAINS MORE THAN 4,000 CHEMICALS
MORE THAN 401 OF THESE CHEMICALS ARE POISONOUS

8. THE 3 MOST POISONOUS CHEMICALS
NICOTINE
Addictive chemical found in tobacco. Addictive means causing a physical dependence. Nicotine contains a psychoactive substance that causes a change in a person’s mood and behavior.
TAR
Solid material in tobacco smoke that condenses into a thick liquid. When these tiny particles enter the lungs, they condense and form a sticky coating on the bronchial tubes…eventually damaging the cilia (tiny hairs that line the bronchial tubes that help to prevent disease).
CARBON MONOXIDE
A poisonous gas released by burning tobacco. CO interferes with the blood’s ability to carry oxygen.

9. POISONOUS CHEMICALS CONTINUED
Formaldehyde
used to preserve dead frogs
Cyanide
found in rat poison
Nicotine
potent insecticide found in bug spray

10. Nicotine and the Body Short-Term Effects Long-Term Effects
Nicotine is a stimulant.
A drug that increases activity of the nervous system.
Increased heart rate
Increased blood pressure
Changes in the brain that can lead to addiction
Short-Term Effects
Respiratory diseases
Cardiovascular disease
Several forms of cancer.
Long-Term Effects

11. THE EFFECTS OF NICOTINE
WITH EVERY PUFF OF A CIGARETTE, THE NICOTINE INHALED TRAVELS TO THE BLOODSTREAM AND THEN TO THE BRAIN
WITHIN 7 SECONDS, YOU WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF NICOTINE
THIS MEANS THAT THE HEART WILL BEAT MORE QUICKLY, BLOOD PRESSURE WILL INCREASE, AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO FEEL MORE ALERT AND ENERGETIC
EFFECTS LAST FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES…WHICH IS WHY A SMOKER USUALLY CRAVES ANOTHER CIGARETTE ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AFTER THEIR LAST ONE

12. Nicotine Addiction tolerance dependence addiction
People who use tobacco frequently will begin to rely on it for feelings of alertness and pleasure.
Ongoing use of nicotine causes the body to build a tolerance.
The time it takes to become addicted depends on several factors
Genetics, frequency of use, and age
addiction
dependence
tolerance

13. DANGERS TO THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE BODY

15. SMOKING- RELATED DISEASES
CANCER
FORMATION AND GROWTH OF MALIGNANT, OR DEADLY, CELLS THAT ATTACK AND INVADE HEALTHY CELLS.
(CANCERS OF THE LUNG, LARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, BLADDER, KIDNEY, AND PANCREAS)
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS - AN INFLAMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES IN THE LUNGS AND THE PRODUCTION OF EXCESSIVE MUCUS.
(CHRONIC COUGH & BREATHING DIFFICULTIES)
EMPHYSEMA - A DISEASE OF THE LUNGS IN WHICH THE TINY AIR SACS LOSE THEIR ELASTICITY.
(SHORTNESS OF BREATH)
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
DISEASE OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS.
(HEART ATTACK & STROKE)

16. RISKS OF "PASSIVE" SMOKING
2 TYPES OF SMOKE
MAINSTREAM
SMOKE THAT IS INHALED DIRECTLY INTO THE MOUTH THROUGH A CIGARETTE, PIPE, OR CIGAR.
SIDESTREAM
SMOKE THAT ENTERS THE ENVIRONMENT FROM BURNING TOBACCO.
75% OF SMOKE FROM A BURNING CIGARETTE IS SIDESTREAM SMOKE
2X AS MUCH TAR AND NICOTINE
3X AS MUCH CO AS MAINSTREAM SMOKE
PASSIVE SMOKER
PERSON WHO INHALES THE SIDESTREAM SMOKE OF A CIGARETTE
(RISKS: LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS)

17. QUESTION
Why does side-stream smoke contain more dangerous chemicals than mainstream smoke?

18. Sidestream Smoke
Mainstream Smoke
Secondhand, or environmental, smoke is a combination of sidestream and mainstream smoke.

19. Tobacco and Athletic Performance
Don’t get trapped.
Nicotine in cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco is addictive.
Nicotine…
narrows your blood vessels
puts added strain on your heart.
Smoking can wreck lungs
reduce oxygen available for muscles used during sports.

20. Tobacco and Personal Appearance
Yuck! Tobacco smoke can make hair and clothes stink.
Tobacco stains teeth and causes bad breath.
Short-term use of chewing tobacco can cause cracked lips, white spots, sores, and bleeding in the mouth.
Surgery to remove oral cancers caused by tobacco use can lead to serious changes in the face.

21. S0. . .
Know the truth. Despite all the tobacco use on TV and in movies, music videos, billboards and magazines---most teens, adults, and athletes DON’T use tobacco.
Don’t waste (burn) money on tobacco. Spend it on CD’s, clothes, computer games, and movies.
Get involved: make your team, school, and home tobacco-free; teach others; join community efforts to prevent tobacco use.

22. Know the Facts About Youth and Tobacco Use
Kids who use tobacco may
Cough and have asthma attacks more often and develop respiratory problems leading to more sick days, more doctor bills, and poorer athletic performance.
Be more likely to use alcohol and other drugs such as cocaine and marijuana.
Become addicted to tobacco and find it extremely hard to quit.
Chewing tobacco and cigars are not safe alternatives to cigarettes; low-tar and additive-free cigarettes are not safe either.
Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States causing heart disease, cancers, and strokes.

23. THE END...

24. Advocacy Poster
Create a poster advocating avoiding tobacco products because of their short and long-term dangers.
Poster should contain…
1 Slogan (original)
1 Fact (from book or notes)
3 pictures showing ST
and LT dangers (label)
Be smart. Don't start.
Bad Teeth
Fact: Studies show the teens become addicted to nicotine faster than adults.
Lung Cancer
Heart Disease