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Ch. 20 Tobacco
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Annual Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking—United States, 2000–2004
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The graph shows that state and federal excise taxes increased moderately between 1970 and 2009, and cost per pack steeply increased during that time period, as follows: In Average cost per pack was $0.38 Average tax per pack was $0.18 In Average cost per pack was $5.33 Average tax per pack was $2.19
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Adding Up the Cost – Financial Facts
Smoking one pack each day, at $7.50 per pack costs: • $7.50 a day • $52.50 a week • $210 a month • $2,730 a year • $13,650 in 5 years • $27,300 in 10 years • $68,250 in 25 years.
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PSA: tobacco kills (from the truth)
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Chapter 20 Lesson 1 The Health Risk of Tobacco Use
Chemicals of Tobacco: Tar- solid materials in tobacco smoke that condenses into a thick liquid Nicotine- addictive chemical found in tobacco Psychoactive substance: changes a persons mood and behavior Carbon Monoxide- poisonous gas released by burning tobacco
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Short Term Effects Brain Chemistry Changes
Respiration and Heart Rate increase Taste Buds are dulled and appetite is reduced Users have bad breath, yellowed teeth, and smelly hair, skin, and clothes. Can become permanent.
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The Short Term Effects of Nicotine
Brain chemistry changes: body craves more, withdrawal symptoms include: headaches, nervousness, trembling as soon as 30 minutes after the last tobacco use. Reaches the brain in 7 seconds Rapid heart rate The effects last about 30 minutes Nicotine poisoning- nausea, lightheadedness, cold clammy skin
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Long-Term Effect Chronic Bronchitis-cilia in bronchi become damaged and useless which leads to buildup of tar in lungs, causing chronic coughing and mucus secretion. Emphysema-destroys tiny air sacs which become less elastic. Smoker can use up to 80% of energy just to breathe. Lung Cancer-90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. Coronary heart disease & stroke caused by nicotine which constricts blood vessels, arteriosclerosis, or atherosclerosis.
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Long Term Effects of Smoking and Disease
Cancer Respiratory Disease Chronic Bronchitis: inflammation of bronchial tubes in the lungs and the production excessive mucus Emphysema: tiny air sacs in the lungs are torn and rupture Cardiovascular Disease Weakened immune system
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Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals
Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 can cause cancer. Some of the chemicals in cigarette smoke are listed here: acetic acid: used to make vinegar and acetone hydrogen cyanide: used to kill insects and to make plastics and dyes acetone: used in fingernail polish remover methane: used as a fuel (natural gas) and to make plastics and fertilizer ammonia: used in household cleaners and in liquid fertilizers naphthalene: used in moth balls
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phenols: used to make plastics and disinfectants DDT: used to kill insects stearic acid: used to harden candle wax and to make soap and deodorant ethanol: used as a fuel, and used in alcohol, perfumes or deodorants vinyl chloride: used to make PVC plastic and vinyl pipes, wire coatings and packaging hexamine: used as a fuel, and to make brake linings and fireproof materials
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arsenic: used in making pressure-treated wood and to preserve animal hides nicotine: used in cigarettes (is addictive) cadmium: used in batteries and many kinds of solder nitrobenzene: used to make explosives, dyes and pesticides (to kill insects) carbon monoxide: used as a fuel toluene: used as a fuel additive to make paint, adhesives, ink and paint thinners formalin: used to embalm bodies, and used to disinfect (get rid of germs)
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Emphysema Man Fifteen to 20 percent of smokers develop emphysema, and the longer one smokes, the higher their risk of developing the disease. COPD
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Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco
Suffer mouth, tongue, throat, and lip cancer Causes leukoplakia – thickened white spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into cancer Smokeless Tobacco Chewing Tobacco- placed between a person’s cheek and gum to release juice that contain nicotine Snuff- ground tobacco that is inhaled through the nose or placed in the cheek
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FDA Launches New Ad Campaign Against Smokeless Tobacco
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Passive Smoking Mainstream smoking: smoke in directly inhaled to the smoker Sidestream smoking: rises from the cigarette when the smoker isn’t smoking (75% of smoke comes from a burning cigarette) Passive Smoker: a person who inhales the sidestream smoke
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Passive (sidestream) Smoking vs. Mainstream smoke
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Tobacco Quiz
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Other Consequences of Tobacco Uses
Costs to Society – Tobacco related illnesses cost United States $167 Billion each year & productivity suffers from smokers calling in sick. Cost to individuals – 1 pack a day costs $3,561 a year Legal consequences
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Review Questions What are the three major chemicals in tobacco?
What are two major diseases caused by smoking? What is one disease caused by smokeless tobacco? How do mainstream and sidestream smoke differ?
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Ch. 20 Objectives Know two reasons why people start using tobacco
Know three reasons not to use tobacco Know two strategies you can use to quit smoking
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20.2 Choosing to Live Tobacco-Free
Reasons not to use tobacco: It’s dangerous It’s expensive It leaves an unpleasant odor It’s unattractive
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Reduced Tobacco Use Among Teens
Tobacco legislation – 1998 tobacco companies & 48 states reached legal settlement: restrict tobacco advertising aimed at young people, fund ads that discourage smoking, illegal under 18 to purchase tobacco products. No smoking policies Family values Positive peer pressure Health Risks
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Quitting Smoking Set a quitting date Decide your approach
Prepare your environment Get help if you need it Find other ways to cope with stress
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Review Questions What are two reasons why people start using tobacco?
What are two reasons not to smoke? What are two things that you can do to quite smoking?
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Tobacco Advertisements
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Smoking makes you Beautiful
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Secrets Through the Smoke
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