Download grade 5 alcohol and tobacco

Grade 5 health
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One single puff
contains 4000
chemicals
43 of these
chemicals are
cancerous
More than 400,000
people die each
year as a result of
smoking related
illnesses
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Nicotine: Addictive
drug found in
tobacco
Tar: A thick, dark
liquid that forms
when tobacco burns
Carbon Monoxide: a
colorless odorless,
poisonous gas
produced when
tobacco burns
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Cigarettes are one of few products which can be
sold legally which can harm and even kill you over
time if used as intended.
Currently there are ongoing lawsuits in the USA
which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible
for the effects of smoking on the health of long
term smokers.
Benzene (petrol additive)
A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal
and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in
chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette
smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated
with leukaemia.
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to
preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette
smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin
and gastrointestinal problems.
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Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco
turning it into a gas, found in dry cleaning fluids.
Acetone (nail polish remover)
Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent,
for example, nail polish remover - found in
cigarette smoke.
Tar
Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you
inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke
condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the
smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs.
Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug)
One of the most addictive substances known to
man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and nonmedical poison. This is the chemical which causes
addiction.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)
An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly
fatal in large amounts - it's the same gas that
comes out of car exhausts and is the main gas in
cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit.
Others you may recognize are :
Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas
chamber poison)
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Alveoli: Fragile elastic
microscopic air sacs in
the lungs where carbon
dioxide from body
cells and fresh oxygen
from air are
exchanged.
Emphysema is a
disease that destroys
alveoli.
Smokers are also
between 12 and 22
times more likely to
develop lung cancer
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Increase the risk of
cavities and gum
disease.
Dulls the taste buds
and can cause
stomach ulcers
Also linked to cancer
of the mouth, throat,
esophagus, stomach,
and pancreas.
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Nervous: Reduces
the flow of oxygen
to the brain
Can lead to stroke
Circulatory : Linked
to heart disease
Excretory: twice the
risk of developing
bladder cancer
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Drug created by a
chemical reaction in
some foods,
especially fruits and
grains.
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Impairs judgement
Permanent damage
to organs
Death
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Impaied judgement
Reasoning
Memory
Concentration
Slows reaction time
Decreased
coordination
Slurred speech
Distorted vision
Reduced inhibitions
Alcohol poisoning
Unconsciousness
Death
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Increases Heart rate
Irregular heart beat
Heart muscle
damage
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May cause cirrhosis
This is a scarring of
the tissue in the
liver
May cause liver
cancer
Liver filters out 90%
of the alcohol in the
body
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Increased urination
will lead to
Dehydration
Headache and
dizziness
Kidney failure may
result from high
blood pressure
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Enlarged blood
vessels create a
false sense of
warmth
High Blood
pressure and stroke
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Vomiting
Can lead to choking
and death
Ulcers
Cancer
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Size and gender
Food in stomach
How fast you drink
Other substances in
the body
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Drunk driving accounts for 36 deaths per day
In violent interactions between men 20
percent were alcohol related
28 percent of suicides among children ages
9-15 were alcohol related
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Every day, on average, 11,318 American youth
(12 to 20 years of age) try alcohol for the first
time
Children who are drinking alcohol by
7th grade are more likely to report academic
problems, substance use, and delinquent
behavior in both middle school and high
school.
By young adulthood, early alcohol use was
associated with employment problems, other
substance abuse, and criminal and other
violent behavior.
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Young people who begin drinking before age
15 are four times more likely to develop
alcoholism than those who begin drinking at
21.
More than 1,700 college students in the U.S.
are killed each year—about 4.65 a day—as a
result of alcohol-related injuries
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Becomes drunk often
Drinks alone
Stops participating on
other activites so that he
or she can drink
Acts like a different
person when drinking
Makes excuses for
drinking
Promises to quit and
does not
Refuses to admit how
much he drinks or hides
drinking
Experiences blackouts