1. Tobacco

2. Effects on nonsmokers & unborn children and infants. Make a sentence using the numbers to the left.  4,000  43  3,000  2 & ½ times  60%  Read page 552 for the answers!

3. Talking About Tobacco Run time: 13:00

4. Vocabulary pg. 551  Environmental tobacco smoke  Mainstream smoke  Sidestream smoke

5. Why do some teens use tobacco?  Smoking will help them control their weight  Help them cope in times of stress or crisis.  Make them seem mature and independent  Peer pressure  Media influences

6. Statistics  Each year 4-5 people say they want to kick the habit.  Each year fewer than 1-10 actually do.  It takes approximately 10 seconds for the chemicals to reach the brain once nicotine is inhaled  Once in the brain, dopamine is released.  When nicotine levels drop, the smoker begins to feel irritated and craves nicotine

7. Statistics Continued  Research have found that after a few months, tobacco users begin to develop a tolerance for the nicotine. The body also removes the nicotine faster from the bloodstream so smokers need to smoke more.  Smoking is the third leading cause of death in this country. in this country.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2004, smoking cost the U.S. economy more than $193 billion—including $96 billion in health care costs and $97 billion in lost productivity..

8. Effects of smoke on young children  In the U.S. 21 million children live in homes where residence or visitors smoke in the home on a regular basis.  Children of smokers tend to have a higher incidence of sore throats, ear infections, and upper respiratory problems.  Children who live with smokers have double the risk of developing lung cancer.  Children of smokers are nearly 3 times as likely to smoke.

9. Effects of smoke on unborn children and infants  Can impair fetal growth.  Miscarriages  Prenatal death  Premature delivery  Low birth weight  Deformities  Growth & Developmental problems throughout early childhood.  Stillbirths

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