Facts About Tobacco Use:
1. 26% of teens smoke or use "smokeless" tobacco
2. Over 64 million children who are alive today, will DIE of
smoke-related tobacco
3. About 90% of those who use tobacco, started as a TEEN
4. Medical studies have shown that TOBACCO USE is the Number ONE health problem that is PREVENTABLE !!!
5. Smoking is linked to lung disease, cancers and heart diseases.
6. Forms of tobacco = cigarettes, cigars, chew and dip
7. ALL tobacco products ARE REGUIRED to have on labels
****warnings of how they harm your health !
8. Nicotine = contained in tobacco and is the addictive drug
that makes quitting VERY HARD TO DO !
a. nicotine is a stimulant--- and this will speed up the brain,
heart and other organs.
b. nicotine raises the heart rate and blood pressure
9. Tobacco = a toxic drug and a CARCINOGEN OR CANCER-
CAUSING DRUG
a. tobacco contains both tar and carbon monoxide
b. tobacco contains the same poisons that are in paint, rat
poison, toilet cleaner and gasoline !
10. TAR = a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco
burns
a. tar damages a smoker's respiratory system
b. tar destroys the airways and air-sacs, so that oxygen
is not absorbed properly or removal of carbon-dioxide
11. 87 % of cancer deaths are result of smoking
12. People even die from fires in their house because of being smokers.
( Mr Myrtue taught a student who lost both
grand-parents due to a "smokers fire ".
13. Carbon-Monoxide ( by-product of gasoline burning
a. Its a colorless, odorless and poisonous gas
b. found in the smoke of tobacco
c. Absorbed by the body and increases the risk of high
blood pressure, heart disease and hardening of arteries.
1. 26% of teens smoke or use "smokeless" tobacco
2. Over 64 million children who are alive today, will DIE of
smoke-related tobacco
3. About 90% of those who use tobacco, started as a TEEN
4. Medical studies have shown that TOBACCO USE is the Number ONE health problem that is PREVENTABLE !!!
5. Smoking is linked to lung disease, cancers and heart diseases.
6. Forms of tobacco = cigarettes, cigars, chew and dip
7. ALL tobacco products ARE REGUIRED to have on labels
****warnings of how they harm your health !
8. Nicotine = contained in tobacco and is the addictive drug
that makes quitting VERY HARD TO DO !
a. nicotine is a stimulant--- and this will speed up the brain,
heart and other organs.
b. nicotine raises the heart rate and blood pressure
9. Tobacco = a toxic drug and a CARCINOGEN OR CANCER-
CAUSING DRUG
a. tobacco contains both tar and carbon monoxide
b. tobacco contains the same poisons that are in paint, rat
poison, toilet cleaner and gasoline !
10. TAR = a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco
burns
a. tar damages a smoker's respiratory system
b. tar destroys the airways and air-sacs, so that oxygen
is not absorbed properly or removal of carbon-dioxide
11. 87 % of cancer deaths are result of smoking
12. People even die from fires in their house because of being smokers.
( Mr Myrtue taught a student who lost both
grand-parents due to a "smokers fire ".
13. Carbon-Monoxide ( by-product of gasoline burning
a. Its a colorless, odorless and poisonous gas
b. found in the smoke of tobacco
c. Absorbed by the body and increases the risk of high
blood pressure, heart disease and hardening of arteries.
14. Smokeless = chew or dip or sniff = when tobacco is used in the nose, mouth or chewed. ***sometimes called "spit".
a. still very dangerous to the health of human body
b. harmful chemicals = 3 times longer of staying in your body than cigars or cigarettes.
c. can cause cancers of the mouth, lips, throat, stomach and even the pancreas
d. People who chew 8-10 plugs = same as 2 packs of cigarettes / per day
a. still very dangerous to the health of human body
b. harmful chemicals = 3 times longer of staying in your body than cigars or cigarettes.
c. can cause cancers of the mouth, lips, throat, stomach and even the pancreas
d. People who chew 8-10 plugs = same as 2 packs of cigarettes / per day
History of tobacco advertising:
Short Term Effects of Tobacco Use:
1. brain chemistry change------- crave to smoke more
* might have headaches, nervousness, tremblings
2. increase in breathing and heart rate, pulse up too
3. taste buds are dulled, appetite reduced, hands will
appear yellow in color
4. user will have bad breath, yellow teeth, smelly hair
and clothes, and skin
LONG TERM Effects
1. coughing or smoker's hack
2. heart attack , stroke, cancer of the bladder or kidneys
3. cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus
4. hardened arteries, decrease blood flow
5. gum decay, tooth decay and loss
6. diarrhea, nausea, vomiting
7. cancers of the stomach , lungs and pancreas
8. addiction---------------brain stress
9. bronchitis --- this is damage to tubes connected to lungs
10. emphysema = destruction of air sacs/ person can t
breathe well, takes 80 % of energy to do this
11. long term effect to your immune system ( sick easier )
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Tobacco Use---- problems
1. costs to society = illness to users costs at 167 billion/ year
2. cost to individual = one pack / day = $3, 561.00 a year
3. Legal law ---- selling to minors and use by minor will
result in punishments, suspensions, expulsions
1. brain chemistry change------- crave to smoke more
* might have headaches, nervousness, tremblings
2. increase in breathing and heart rate, pulse up too
3. taste buds are dulled, appetite reduced, hands will
appear yellow in color
4. user will have bad breath, yellow teeth, smelly hair
and clothes, and skin
LONG TERM Effects
1. coughing or smoker's hack
2. heart attack , stroke, cancer of the bladder or kidneys
3. cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus
4. hardened arteries, decrease blood flow
5. gum decay, tooth decay and loss
6. diarrhea, nausea, vomiting
7. cancers of the stomach , lungs and pancreas
8. addiction---------------brain stress
9. bronchitis --- this is damage to tubes connected to lungs
10. emphysema = destruction of air sacs/ person can t
breathe well, takes 80 % of energy to do this
11. long term effect to your immune system ( sick easier )
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Tobacco Use---- problems
1. costs to society = illness to users costs at 167 billion/ year
2. cost to individual = one pack / day = $3, 561.00 a year
3. Legal law ---- selling to minors and use by minor will
result in punishments, suspensions, expulsions
Tobacco Free Life:
1. Good news is that rise in teens that are
non-smokers ( 85 % don t )
2. In l960's about 50% of people smoked
3. Why is it now "cool" not to smoke?
a. since l998 the government has restricted use of ads for tobacco
Set it illegal for under age of 18 to smoke------late l990's
b. Their are now laws that do not permit smoking in public places/business-----almost all of them
c. Family values are now more anti-smoking
d. positive peer pressures are now at most people want to avoid smoking ( 70 % or more )
e. education --- today most people know about health risks and tobacco
Benefits of being tobacco free:
1. better health and over all body
2. less chance of cancers and illnesses
3. less mental and emotional problems
4. you look and feel better
5. your around friends who don t smoke
6. you have a major saving of money
How do people quit?
1. they start to fear their health problems
2. they realize there is high costs in tobacco habit
3. they realize they can t be in most places and allowed to smoke
4. hard to have a job and allowed to smoke
5. substitutes to smoking are:
chewing gum, patches, nasal sprays
and inhalers
1. better health and over all body
2. less chance of cancers and illnesses
3. less mental and emotional problems
4. you look and feel better
5. your around friends who don t smoke
6. you have a major saving of money
How do people quit?
1. they start to fear their health problems
2. they realize there is high costs in tobacco habit
3. they realize they can t be in most places and allowed to smoke
4. hard to have a job and allowed to smoke
5. substitutes to smoking are:
chewing gum, patches, nasal sprays
and inhalers
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