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Tobacco When can you remember going one day without seeing someone use tobacco? Tobacco is socially accepted and advertised more than ever Where is one place you do not see tobacco advertisements? ________________ Although tobacco use has decreased from 26% to 22 %, it is still an ongoing issue Why do you think tobacco use is still so common today Do you think it is impossible to have a tobacco free society • • • Most people chose not to smoke for one simple reason their __________ We have all learned from an early age the negative affects that comes with tobacco Tobacco use can affect athletes, musicians or even some types of job, which turns people away from using the product There are many other reasons to not use tobacco • • • • • • • • • • _______________________ Bad odor on your clothes and hair Poor complexion Discolored teeth, fingers and fingernails _______________________ Bone loss around your teeth, tooth decay, receded gums Sore throat _______________________ Impaired sense of smell and taste Even more detrimental to your body….. • ______________________ • ______________________ • ______________________ Family and Friends Parents, bothers, sisters or even guardians can serve as role models, teaching you about the negative affects of tobacco use Most people start smoking in their teenage years; meaning your friends can easily influence you to smoke or not to smoke EVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Anti-tobacco Advertising Most anti tobacco ads are aimed at ___________, as they are they targeted costumers for smoking With tobacco use being a very big health issue, more and more advertisement are being put in place, promoting anti-tobacco use Tobacco Advertising Movement Tobacco companies are no longer allowed to put advertisements up___________________________________________ _____________________________________________ These companies are also required to help pay for anti-smoking education Now more than ever, lawsuits are being taken out against tobacco companies making people aware of the associated health complications when using tobacco. The strongest factors that have lead people to start smoking are: Social pressures _____________ _____________ _____________ These social pressure seem to outweigh any health factors Even though people know the dangers that come with smoking, why do they continue to smoke? Family Members Like alcohol, environmental factors can lead to smoking __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Tobacco use becomes a familiar behavior to them Parents are happy when they smoke, so why wouldn’t they be? Family Members Kids may also see tobacco use as a sign of maturity • How many of you imitated your parents by smoking candy cigarettes or pretzel cigars? • How many of you imitated your parents by putting gum in your mouth to look like chewing tobacco? These environmental factors can cause children to use tobacco Friends who use Tobacco Just like your parents, if your friends use tobacco, you are more likely to as well It helps the person feel a part of the group Kids find it hard to use refusal skills Just like alcohol its availability to kids under the legal age is a main reason why most kids smoke Friends who use Tobacco _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ In a study of high school seniors, only 5% of those who smoked believed they would still be smoking two years after graduation. In fact, 75% were still smoking eight years later. 1/3 to 1/2 of young people who try cigarettes go on to be daily smokers. Tobacco Advertising Who are the targeted customers for tobacco companies? For the past 30 years TV advertisement for tobacco has been banned That does not mean tobacco companies have not found other ways to get their product out to the public Although the government has created ad’s against tobacco use, tobacco companies are spending even more money to promote their product The first time someone inhales tobacco the experience can be unpleasant Everyone's experience can be different but some of the similar symptoms for first time smokers are: _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ These symptoms can cause the experience to be so traumatizing, the person may never smoke again For others not so much With every puff of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, do you know how many chemicals your are inhaling into your body? Do you know how many of those chemical are harmful to your body? Over _________ different types of chemicals inhaled with each puff At least __________ of these chemicals are known to be dangerous Chemicals FOUND IN: Carbon monoxide Car exhaust Nicotine Bug sprays Tar Material to make roads Arsenic Rat poison Ammonia Cleaning product hydrogen cyanide Gas chamber poison Formaldehyde To preserve dead bodies Tar A dark, sticky mixture of chemicals that is formed when tobacco is burned Tar can cause the smokers fingers and teeth to turn brown/yellow Not only does tar stick to your teeth and fingers, it also sticks to the cells of your respiratory system _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Tar Tar in tobacco contains many chemicals ____ of them are known to be carcinogenic A carcinogen is something that causes cancer. Lung, mouth and throat cancer are all caused by the inhalation of tar Carbon Monoxide Poisonous, colorless, order less gas found in cigarette smoke People may be connect carbon monoxide with cars People try to kill themselves by leaving the car running in closed and confined areas __________________________________________ Oxygen carrying molecules in red blood cells When you inhale carbon monoxide, what are you not inhaling? The more carbon monoxide present in the blood the less oxygen Carbon Monoxide __________________________________________ __________________________________________ The heart works hard, but nothing is being accomplished Why do smokers experience shortness of breath? Because their blood contains to little oxygen to function properly Addiction: What drug in tobacco acts as a stimulant and causes addiction Nicotine Stimulant is a drug that speeds up the activities of the CNS, the heart and other organs Do you remember what type of drug slows down the CNS? Nicotine and Addiction When in its pure form, nicotine is one of the strongest poisons known If taken in large amounts, it can paralyze breathing muscles, which can lead to death Why does this not happen to smokers? Smokers are only taking in smaller amounts How nicotine affects the body _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Shortly after entering your bloodstream it reaches your brain This is when chemical changes start to occur Your heart beats faster Skin temperature drops Blood pressure rises Nicotine constricts your blood vessels, which allows less blood flow to the hands and feet Affects on the body: CNS Changes brain-wave patterns Respiratory System Allows harmful particles to settle in the air passages Causes hack coughing Shortness of breath Cardiovascular System Increase heart rate, blood pressure, volume of blood per beat, coronary blood flow, blood flow to skeletal muscles PNS Activates sympathetic nervous system Decreases response level for some reflexes Endocrine System Stimulates release of several hormones from adrenal glands Decrease levels of hormone involved in preventing blood clotting One can become addicted to nicotine very quickly Once addicted, going without nicotine can cause withdrawals Withdrawal symptoms: Headache Irritability Increased coughing Nausea Vomiting A general feeling of sickness Craving for tobacco Not only can withdrawals cause physical symptoms but a person can also suffer from psychological withdrawals when they stop smoking Symptoms: Feel emotional and uncomfortable with out nicotine Rely on tobacco to relieve themselves from stressful situations Become dependant on the drug Tobacco not only enters the body through cigars, pipes or cigarettes, but it can also be absorbed through smokeless tobacco Tobacco that is chewed of sniffed through the nose Is smokeless tobacco safer? No, most of the same chemicals found in tobacco smoke are in smokeless tobacco, including nicotine Chewing Tobacco: poor quality tobacco leaves mixed with molasses or honey and placed between the cheek and gums The nicotine enters the blood stream through membranes of the mouth Snuff finely ground tobacco that may be held between the lower lip and teeth or sniffed through the nose How much nicotine do you think 1 can of snuff has It has as much nicotine as 60 cigarettes The nicotine enters the body though the mouth or nose Once in your body the nicotine has the same affect, regardless if it was smoked, snuffed or chewed 20-3 Why do most teens not worry about how harmful tobacco can be? Tobacco users increase their chances of __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ How many people do you think die each year because of tobacco use? _______________ How many people do you think die each day because of tobacco use? _______________ Smoking problems kill 1 in 5 people Despite the governments many attempts to stop tobacco use, people still continue to use Government now requires tobacco products to have warning labels on them Cardiovascular diseases Over 115,000 tobacco users die each year because of cardiovascular diseases Statistics for those who smoke compared to those who do not: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ After learning about how carbon monoxide and tar, you should not be surprised by these statistics Cardiovascular Disease The chemicals force the heart to overwork to try and deliver the oxygen throughout the body Blood vessels weaken because the amount of pressure that is put on them, which causes high blood pressure Nicotine produces a fatty material which can build up on the cell walls This can lead to build up, which can cause the vessels to become blocked or even break Once this happens the smoker is at risk of heart attack. If a vessel in the brain breaks or becomes blocked it could lead to a stroke. Respiratory disease Hack or dry coughing from smoking can be a sign of serious respiratory damage What causes this cough? Because the tar paralyses the cilia, foreign materials build up and your lungs and your bodies tries to cough to clean your body What is chronic bronchitis? Chronic bronchitis is a chronic inflammatory condition in the lungs that causes the respiratory passages to be swollen and irritated, increases the mucus production and may damage the lungs. The symptoms are coughing and breathlessness, which will get worse over the years. The definition of chronic bronchitis is chronic cough or mucus reproduction for at least three months in two successive years when other causes have been excluded. Effects the alveoli Is a breathing disorder in which the small air sacs in the lungs lose their ability to expand and contract The smokers cough weakens the walls of the alveoli, therefore the lungs can not take in enough oxygen which leads to breathlessness. Uncontrolled cell growth that invades the surrounding tissues and destroys it. What is the most deadliest form of cancer? Lung cancer ______of lung cancer deaths are related to tobacco Which cancer do most women die from? Lung cancer Not only are you susceptible to lung cancer, but also: mouth, throat, stomach cancer. It is the tar in the `cigarettes which contain the carcinogenic “cancer causing” substances Cigarette tars contain some of the most carcinogenic chemicals known to man. Not only are these chemicals being painted into the lung, but smoker are also constantly painting them up on their lips, tongue, larynx, swallowing some and thus painting it in the esophagus and throughout the digestive tract. Smokers have increased incidents of cancer in all of these exposed sites. Smokeless tobacco users are more at risk for Oral cancer The tobacco juices irritate sensitive tissues or your mouth, lips, and throat Those who use chew or snuff are more likely than smokers to develop mouth sores and are 50% more likely than non smokers to develop oral cancer Pregnant women are “breathing for 2” Many of the harmful chemicals you are inhaling are being passed through to the unborn Affects it has on the unborn: Increases heart rate Reduces oxygen supply Slows cell growth Weigh 6oz less Women who smoke are more likely to have premature births, miscarriages and still-births Nursing mothers can also pass the nicotine to their child from their milk Poorer health than non smokers Colds, allergies, gum disease, influenza, pneumonia, constant runny noses, sore throats and headaches are more common in tobacco users Salt in smokeless tobacco can lead to high blood pressure, while sugar in chewing tobacco can lead tooth loss and cavities Smokeless tobacco increases your chances for ulcers in the lining of your stomach Fires are also something smokers have to be concerned with Fires caused by careless smokers kill about 3,000 people a year Smoke enters the air from two sources: _________________: smokers inhale into their lungs and the exhale into the air. The lungs and cigarette filter most of the chemicals produced __________________: goes directly into the air from burning tobacco. This smoke has not been filtered through the lungs or from the cigarette Passive smokers (____________________) breath in this sidestream smoke They are being exposed to higher concentrations of harmful chemicals 2x more tar and nicotine in sidestream smoke 3x more carbon monoxide in sidestream smoke Causes bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma Long term exposure increases your risk of heart disease and lung cancer Federal and state laws have been implemented prohibiting people from smoking in public places and public workplaces Where else do you see smoking prohibited? Hotels, car rentals, hospitals, health care facilities, buses, plans and trains Why do you think work places are prohibiting smoking? Prohibiting smoking leads to better health amongst their emplyees 20-4 There are many myths about tobacco that people falsely believe in Smoking low levels of tar or nicotine is safer Smokeless tobacco is safer Herbal cigarettes are safer Not knowing the truth about these myths can be harmful to your health 50 million people smoke in the US 9 out of 10 say they want to quit Breaking the habit is extremely hard, cutting nicotine out of your diet can be difficult Why is it beneficial to stop smoking immediately? Blood pressure and pulse rate decrease Cilia grows back Raspy voice and cough go away Sense of smell and taste get stronger Feel confident Quitting is not impossible The experience can be different for everyone Some can quit “cold turkey” Others take classes, seeking counseling Stop by reducing their usage over time A strong commitment to quitting will be beneficially DO NOT get discouraged if your first attempt is not successful It only means you did not choose the right method The toughest times are the 1st couple of weeks Trying to overcome the addiction on your own may not work for everyone There are other options available Obtain booklets or pamphlets Get information from various health organization such as American Lung Association, American Cancer Society These organization will send information or even guest speakers See your doctor Two products nicotine gums and patch may be able to help those who are physically dependent Nicotine Gum: chewing gum containing nicotine that allows a person to quit smoking tobacco without experiencing withdrawal symptoms Nicotine Patch: designed to reduce a smokers craving for cigarettes. Each patch provides 24 hr nicotine supply Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death and illness Choosing to abstain will help you to lead a healthy lifestyle, but will not guarantee it Not smoking can help others to stay away as well Once you start you have 2 options 1. Stop smoking and start the road to recovery 2. Continue to smoke and risk various type of health problems