1. Tobacco: A Harmful Drug
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2. What's in Tobacco
Nicotine: Is a drug that speeds up the heartbeat and affects the central nervous system.
Carbon Monoxide: This is a poisonous, odorless gas produced when tobacco burns. (also an ingredient in car and truck exhaust.)
Tar: is a thick, oily, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns.

3. Nicotine and Addiction
Nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug!
What is ADDICTION?????
Addiction: is the body’s physical or mental need for a drug or other substance.
Causes the users to depend on the substance in order to feel good.
Once addicted quitting becomes extremely difficult.
People who try to break their nicotine addiction may experience
shakiness, headache, nervousness, and sleeping problems.

4. How Tobacco Harms The body
Just one puff releases harmful chemicals into the mouth, throat, and lungs.
Long Term:
heart disease,
stroke
emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue
cancer — including lung, throat, stomach, and bladder cancer.
increased risk of infections like bronchitis and pneumonia
Short Term:
yellow teeth
smelly clothes
more colds and coughs
difficulty keeping up with friends when playing sports
empty wallet — cigarettes and tobacco products are very expensive!

6. Emphysema
Is a disease that occurs when the tiny air sacs in the lungs lose their elasticity, or ability to stretch
This reduces the amount of oxygen passing from the lungs into the blood.
Breathing becomes more difficult for the smoker.

7. Cigarettes are not the only delivery system for tobacco.
Other Forms of Tobacco
Cigarettes are not the only delivery system for tobacco.
Cigars
Pipes
Smokeless tobacco- Chewed or inhaled.

8. Emphysema Destroys the air sacs of the lungs (alveoli)
Alveoli lose elasticity and absorb less oxygen
More breaths needed to get oxygen
People with emphysema use 80% of their energy just to breathe in comparison to the normal 5%.

9. Straw Breathing Activity
Any type of smoking affects your breathing. To see how your lungs feel when you smoke, place a straw in your mouth, hold your nose, breathe only through the straw, and run in place for one minute.