1. TOBACCO
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States

2. What is it?
More than 7,000 harmful/poisonous chemicals found in tobacco
Main ADDICTIVE chemical is NICOTINE
Carcinogen-cancer causing chemical
Some ingredients of tobacco products include
Tar
Carbon-monoxide
Ammonia

3. How is it used? Smoked by cigarette, cigar or pipe Bidis Hookah Chewed
Popular among teens-colorful packaging, flavor choices
Contain even more nicotine
Hookah
Water pipe smoking
Typically flavored and just as many toxins as a cigarette
A recent study found that a typical hookah session delivers approximately 125x the smoke 25x the tar, 2.5x the nicotine, and 10x the carbon monoxide as smoking a cigarette
Chewed

4. STREET NAMES Cigarettes Smokeless Tobacco Chew Cigs Dip Butts Spit
Smokes
Smokeless Tobacco
Chew
Dip
Spit
Snuff

5. SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Nicotine is shaped like acetylcholine and attached to brain receptors
Acetylcholine=chemical neurotransmitters that carry messages between brain cells
Increased HR, BP and Breathing
Also releases extra dopamine causing a feeling of pleasure
Effects come and go within seconds
Smoked or chewed, nicotine is one of the most highly addictive drugs used in today’s society.

6. LONG TERM-EFFECTS Accounts for about 1/3 of all cancer deaths
Brain/body tolerance builds quickly to causing quick and easy addiction
Accounts for about 1/3 of all cancer deaths
Harms every organ in the body
Leukemia
Cataracts
Pneumonia
Increase risk for heart disease/heart attack
Decreased stamina for exercise
Brown/discolored teeth
Aged skins
Harm to unborn child
Linked to about 90% of all cancer cases
Cancers of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, cervix, kidney, ureter and bladder

8. Stay Calm and Say NO to TOBACCO
Tobacco use (both smoked and smokeless tobacco use) is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
16 Million people suffer with a serious illness cause by smoking each year.
On average, smokers die 10 years early than nonsmokers
The nicotine in smokeless tobacco may increase the risk for sudden death from a condition where the heart does not beat properly (ventricular arrhythmias)

9. SECOND HAND SMOKE Smoked exhaled by person Smoke from burning tobacco
Eliminating smoking in indoor spaces in the only way to fully protect nonsmokers from second hand smoke exposure
Since 1964, 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from exposure to second hand smoke.
Children:
Ear infections
Respiratory symptoms (ex: coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath
Respiratory infections (ex: bronchitis, pneumonia)
More severe/asthma attacks
A greater risk for SIDS
Adults: Cause Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
Nonsmokers who are exposed to second hand smoke increase risk by 25-30%

10. NICOTINE/TOBACCO ADDICTION
What are the facts?
Treatment Options
Nearly 35 million people make a serious attempt to quit each year.
Most people relapse within 1 week without using treatment
Most people (nearly 70%) who smoke, want to quit.
Holding an average size dip in your mouth for up to 30 minutes gives you as much nicotine as smoking 3 cigarettes
Within 24 hours of quitting, a person’s blood pressure decreases and they have less of a chance of having a heart attack
Behavioral Therapy
Over-the-counter medications
Gum
Patch
Inhalers
Prescription medications
Zyban, Chantix
E-cigarettes
There are conflicting studies about whether or not these help smokers to quit.

11. E-CIGARETTES (VAPOR CIGARETTES)
WHAT ARE THEY?
E-cigarettes are designed to deliver nicotine without other chemicals produced by burning tobacco leaves
Puffing on the mouthpiece of the cartridge activates a battery-powered inhalation device (called vaporizer)
Vaporizer heats the liquid inside the cartridge. The heated liquid turns into an aerosol (vapor) which users inhale.
As of May 2018, the FDA now regulates E- cigs
Must be 18 with ID, more information for the government to work with, can regulate what goes on the labels and must follow certain rules.

12. E-CIGARETTES (VAPOR CIGARETTES) RISK FOR TEENS
Aerosol (vapor) contains known cancer-causing and toxic chemicals, and particles from the vaporizing mechanism.
The nicotine in the e-liquids readily absorbs into the bloodstream.
E-Cigarettes exposes the lungs to a variety of chemicals (toxic metal, high levels of nickel and chromium.
E-Cigarettes have been reported as the “gateway” to other smokable products.
Liquid in e-cigarettes can cause nicotine poisoning if someone drinks, sniffs, or touches it.
Recently there has been a surge of poisoning cases in children under age 5

13. THE FACTS
MORE THAN 16 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH A DISEASE CAUSED BY SMOKING.
CIGARETTE SMOKING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 480,000 DEATHS PER YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 41,000 DEATHS RESULTING FROM SECONHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE
THAT IS 1,300 DEATH EVERY DAY!