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What Kills the Most Americans Every Year? Rank them in order from 1-10 AIDS Suicide Alcohol Fires Secondhand Smoke Heroin Tobacco Homicide Car Crashes Cocaine/Crack What Kills the Most Americans Every Year? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Tobacco: 438,000 Alcohol: 105,000 Secondhand Smoke: 53,000 Car Crashes: 49,000 Suicide: 31,000 AIDS: 31,000 Homicide: 22,000 Fires: 4,000 Cocaine/Crack: 3,300 Heroin: 2,400 Tobacco and You What is it? How it affects your body? Costs of Tobacco! The Big Killer Sold legally & unquestionably causes cancer Kills 1 out of 3 people who use it as intended! #1 leading cause of preventable death Largest epidemic & incident of fatal disease Millions suffer each year without actually dying What is Tobacco? A plant Alone it does have nicotine After processing is more harmful. Made into powerful drug Tobacco picked*leaves dried*aged 2-3 years*soaked in chemicals*product made Chemicals in Tobacco 4,000 chemicals used in cigarettes 53 chemicals are known to cause cancer List of harmful Chemicals (only a few) Nicotine-addictive drug in all tobacco products Tar-dark, thick, sticky substance when tobacco burns Carbon Monoxide-poisonous gas Ammonia Formaldehyde Cyanide Methanol Different Forms of Tobacco Cigarettes Cigars and Pipes Most common form tobacco used High risk for lung disease, lung cancer & emphysema Produce more tar Greater risk for cancers of lip, mouth & throat Smokeless Tobacco Tobacco ground very fine sniffed or snuffed Higher risk for lip, tongue, mouth cancer Nicotine’s Addictive Cycle ADDICTION-physical or mental need for a drug or substance 2 minutes for nicotine to reach brain after inhaled Absorbed into bloodstream-blood pressure rises & heart rate increases to 33 beats per minute Oxygen supply decreases & blood circulation decreases to extremities Physiological dependence-body feels direct need for drug Psychological dependence-mind sends body message it needs more of the drug Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance The Costs of Tobacco About 25% of population smokes Personal Adults & teens $6.64 pack (Pack a day= $2,424 per year) Medical costs/Dental costs Clothing costs Society Higher medical costs/Medical Insurance premiums Lost wages from illnesses & death Taxes spent caring for sick Affects of second hand smoke FACTS Second hand smoke-smoke inhaled by nonsmokers 3,000 deaths per year from secondhand smoke Passive Smoker-people who don’t smoke but exposed to tobacco smoke on a regular basis Mainstream smoke-smoke the smoker exhales Sidestream smoke-smoke that comes from burning end of cigarette Most dangerous Smoke that secondhand “smokers” inhale More Facts Replace 2 million customers a year Death Quit 730,000 New underage smokers each year 3,000 youth become regular smokers daily 1/3 die prematurely 90% smokers start before age of 19 (legal age) 10% smokers started after age 19 Average age of 1st time user 12.5 years old UTAH STATISTICS 60% start by age 14 190,000 smokers in Utah 15% of youth in Weber County Smoke 81.5% would like to QUIT How it affects the Body? Personal Appearance Nervous System Respiratory System Circulatory System Digestive System
