1. TOBACCO

2. What is tobacco?
Tobacco is a woody, shrub-like plant with large leaves.
It is estimated that there are more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco (many are cancer-causing)

3. Dangerous substances in Tobacco
Nicotine
An addictive drug found in tobacco leaves and in all tobacco products
Addictive means “capable of causing a user to develop intense cravings.”
Once the drug has been in the body regularly, the person becomes dependant on it.

4. Dangerous substances in tobacco
TAR
A thick, oily, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns
Causes serious lung diseases such as emphysema and lung cancer

5. Dangerous substances in tobacco
Carbon monoxide
A poisonous, colorless, odorless gas
This gas passes through the lungs and into the bloodstream where it reduces the amount of oxygen the blood vessels can carry
This can weaken muscles and blood vessels leading to heart attack and stroke

6. TOBACCO PRODUCTS Cigarettes Cigars Pipes
Smokeless tobacco (or chewing tobacco)
Contains 15 times more nicotine than cigarettes

7. TOBACCO PRODUCTS CAUSE:
Bad breath
Yellow teeth
Stains on fingers
Premature wrinkles
Tooth decay
Gum disease

8. TOBACCO PRODUCTS CAUSE:
Lung disease
Heart disease
Cancer
Stroke
Infertility
400,000 cigarette smokers die every year from smoking-related illnesses

9. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Short term Long term
Withdrawal symptoms may occur as soon as 30 minutes after a cigarette
Heart rate and blood pressure increase
Long term
Increased risk of stroke

10. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Short term
Shortness of breath, reduced energy, coughing
Colds and flus are more frequent
Long term
Asthma, allergies, chronic bronchitis
Lung cancer
Emphyesma
COPD

11. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Short term Long term Upset stomach
Dulled taste buds
Tooth decay
Long term
Cancer of the mouth, throat, gums
Stomach ulcers
Bladder cancer

12. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Short term
Heart rate increases – less energy
Long term
Blood vessels are weakened and narrowed
High cholesterol
Clogged arteries
Greater risk of heart disease

13. ADDICTION Tobacco is JUST AS addictive as heroin or cocaine
More than 80%of all adult smokers start smoking as a teenager
More than 1/3 of all teens who ever try one cigarette become daily smokers before leaving high school
The earlier in life smoking starts, the less likely the person will ever quit

14. ADDICTION
Tolerance: a process in which the body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
Psychological dependence: an addiction in which the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug

15. ADDICTION
Physical dependence: a type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug
Withdrawal: physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance
Can include headaches, tiredness, increased hunger, jitters, restlessness

16. TOBACCO’S COST TO SOCIETY
$157 BILLION each year in health care costs related to tobacco use
The average smoker spends $225 per month
That is almost $3000 per year!
People who smoke live shorter lives than people who do not
Burning tobacco is the leading cause of house fires and forest fires

17. Polite ways to be tobacco free…
If your parents smoke…
Request that your room be a smoke-free zone
Give your parents information on quitting smoking
Leave the room when someone is smoking

18. Polite ways to be smoke free…
In a car pool…
Ask your parents to talk to the driver about not smoking when you are in the car
When a friend offers…
Use your refusal skills
Say no firmly
Give reasons why
Offer other options
If they don’t stop, leave