1. Tobacco Prevention

2. What Kills the Most Americans Every Year?
Rank them in order from 1-10
AIDS
Suicide
Alcohol
Fires
Secondhand Smoke
Heroin
Tobacco
Homicide
Car Crashes
Cocaine/Crack

3. What Kills the Most Americans Every Year?
Tobacco: 438,000
Alcohol: 105,000
Secondhand Smoke: 53,000
Car Crashes: 49,000
Suicide: 31,000
AIDS: 31,000
Homicide: 22,000
Fires: 4,000
Cocaine/Crack: 3,300
Heroin: 2,400

4. The Big Killer Sold legally & unquestionably causes cancer
Kills 1 out of 3 people who use it as intended!
#1 leading cause of preventable death
Largest epidemic & incident of fatal disease
Millions suffer each year without actually dying

5. What is Tobacco A plant, which contains small amounts of nicotine
After processing is
harmful.
Made into powerful drug
Tobacco picked*leaves dried*aged 2-3 years*soaked in chemicals*product made

6. Chemicals Over 4,000 chemicals in Cigarettes
45 chemicals known to cause cancer
Nicotine
Tar-Dark thick sticky substance produced when tobacco burns
Carbon Monoxide
Ammonia
Formaldehyde
Cyanide

7. Different Forms of Tobacco
Cigarettes
Most common form used
High risk lung disease, lung cancer, emphysema
Cigars and Pipes
Produce more tar
High risk for cancers of lips, mouth and throat
Smokeless Tobacco
Tobacco ground very fine
Sniffed or snuffed
High risk for lip, tongue and mouth cancer

8. Forms of Tobacco Cont…
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery operated products designed to turn nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor. You then inhale the vapor. These products are often made to look like:
Cigarettes
Cigars
Pipes
Pens

9. Nicotine’s Addictive Cycle
ADDICTION-physical or mental need for a drug or substance 2 minutes for nicotine to reach brain after inhaled Absorbed into bloodstream-blood pressure rises & heart rate increases to 33 beats per minute Oxygen supply decreases & blood circulation decreases to extremities
Physiological dependence-body feels direct need for drug
Psychological dependence-mind sends body message it needs more of the drug
Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

10. Cost of Tobacco About 25% of population smokes Personal Society
Adults & teens
Personal
$6.00 pack ($2,184 per year)
Medical costs/Dental costs
Clothing costs
Society
Higher medical costs/Medical Insurance
premiums
Lost wages from illnesses & death
Taxes spent caring for sick
Affects of second hand smoke

11. Personal Economic Impact
Many smokers continue to smoke for many years, the following chart is based on a $6.00 pack of cigarettes

12. FACTS 730,000 New underage smokers each year
3,000 youth become regular smokers daily 1/3 die prematurely
90% smokers start before age of 19 (legal age)
10% smokers started after age 19
Average age of 1st time user 12.5 years old
UTAH STATISTICS
60% start by age 14
190,000 smokers in Utah
15% of youth in Weber County Smoke
81.5% would like to QUIT

13. Current data for cigarette smoking in Weber-Morgan County

14. Terms to Know Second hand smoke- smoke inhaled by nonsmokers
Passive Smoker- people who don’t smoke but exposed to tobacco smoke
Mainstream smoke- smoke the smoker exhales
Side stream smoke- smoke that comes from burning end of cigarette
3,000 deaths per year from secondhand
Class A carcinogen
Pound for Pound children take in more air than adults
No safe level of exposure
$50 billion annually for tobacco caused illnesses

15. Tobacco