1. Tobacco

2. Tobacco & Youth
“Each day in the U.S., approximately 4,000 adolescents aged try their first cigarette.”
(CDC, 2008)
Approximately 20% of high school students smoke
50% of high school students have tried cigarettes

3. Tobacco, Youth & Oregon 16% of high school students currently smoke
3,900 kids under the age of 18 will become new daily smokers each year.
74,000 kids who are current smokers will ultimately die prematurely from smoking
Tobacco Free Kids, 2010

4. Tobacco Cigarettes Cigars Hookah Smokeless tobacco
Snuff, chew, plug, nasal snuff

5. Nicotine Acts as a stimulant 3 out or 4 smokers want to quit
Increases heart rate, blood pressure, alertness, concentration, memory.
May act as mild sedative
Decreases anxiety, irritability, mild depression
3 out or 4 smokers want to quit
75% will quit but start again within one year
Often said to be the most addictive substance

6. Nicotine & Youth Immediate health consequences Respiratory problems
Addiction
Increased risk of lung cancer

7. Health Effects

8. Tobacco tolerance It is possible to build up a tolerance Withdrawal:
Needing more and more for same effect.
Withdrawal:
Severe cravings, insomnia, confusion, tremors, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, muscles aches/pains, headache, nausea, irritability, anger, depression.
Youth that smoke and stop have the same withdrawal symptoms

9. Tobacco Use / Mortality
One of the leading preventable causes of death in U.S.
Causes more deaths every year than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle accidents, suicides and murders combined!
Smokers die an average of 14 years earlier than non- smokers.

10. Mortality
Source:

11. Ingredients in cigarettes
Over 4000 chemicals are in cigarettes
Just to name a few:
Acetone, Ammonia, Arsenic
Butane, Cadmium, Carbon Monoxide
DDT, ethanol, Hydrogen Cyanide
Methane, Methanol, Nicotine
Toluene

12. Social Smoking What is it? Is it really that harmful?
No safe level of nicotine
Still habit forming

13. Hookah What is it? A water pipe used to smoke tobacco
Has been around for centuries
WHO: “one hour of Hookah smoking exposes the user to times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette.”
Relatively new to the U.S. but is growing among adolescents.

14. Smokeless Tobacco Increasing among younger men and boys. Currently:
Adolescent boys that use smokeless tobacco increase their risk of smoking cigarettes later in life. (tobaccofreekids.org, 2008)
Currently:
13% of U.S. high school boys use smokeless tobacco
2% of U.S. high school girls use smokeless tobacco

15. Tobacco Advertising & Youth
It is illegal in all states to sell cigarettes to anyone under 18… so why is tobacco and youth an issue?
Children and adolescents are the majority of new smokers and companies know this.
First time use likely to occur at approximately 14.
Those who do not use tobacco at the age of 18 likely will never start.
(CDC, 2008)

16. Advertising Companies feel they need to “replace” smokers
Ads therefore target youth

17. FDA & Tobacco Regulation
Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents
Restricts sale, distribution, and promotion of tobacco products to make them less accessible to youth.
Law goes into effective June 22, 2010
(FDA, 2010)

18. Tobacco prevention programs
Only 69% of students are currently in schools that require tobacco prevention programs.
Prevention programs need to focus on the short-term for adolescents.
Athletic performance
Personal appearance

19. Tobacco Education Programs
Well-designed programs should include:
A proven background in prevention
Provide education during the formative years
Provide a tobacco-free environment
Help preventing other types of drug use as well.