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Tobacco – The Truth!Tobacco – The Truth!

Consequences of Smoking:Consequences of Smoking:

On your Task Sheet draw a smoker:– What does that person look like?

• Inside and outside

– Label specific characteristics they possess

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Tobacco: What is it?Tobacco: What is it?

Tall, leafy plant Leaves can be burned

and inhaled: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smoke, etc

Can be absorbed through the mouth: chew

Nicotine is the drug in tobacco

Nicotine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant

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Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE?Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE?

Physical Addiction: Alters brain functioning

– Most people smoke compulsively; few people can smoke occasionally.

Nicotine is a ‘reinforcing’ drug– Many smokers continue to smoke in order to avoid

painful withdrawal symptoms. Dangerous effects not obvious in the beginning.

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Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE?Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE?

Psychosocial addiction: Smoking gives pleasure

– Tactile & oral– A “quick fix” for anxiety, anger, stress

Social pressure – First experience with tobacco usually is not pleasant.

Fewer external pressures to quit than with other drug addictions. – No immediate danger of losing their jobs or families

due to their addiction.

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What is in a Cigarette “Cancer What is in a Cigarette “Cancer Stick”……Stick”……

Cigarette Ingredients

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Cigarette Ingredients…Cigarette Ingredients…

4000+ Chemicals 43 Carcinogens Tar, Ammonia, Caffeine, Chocolate, Ethyl

Alcohol, Menthol, Cyanide, Benzene, Formaldehyde,

Arsenic – rat poison Lead – once used in paint Polonium 210 – found in nuclear waste Urea – found in urine

Added for you...

Poisons are added for flavor……………

Cigarette Ingredients:Cigarette Ingredients:

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Consequences of SmokingConsequences of Smoking

Share you task sheet drawings– How is a smoker effected internally?– How is a smoker effected externally?

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Health Effects…… CANCERHealth Effects…… CANCER

Lung Cancer– Smoking causes 90% of

lung cancer deaths in women

– Smoking causes 80% of lung cancer deaths in men

– Risk of lung cancer 23 times higher among men who smoke cigarettes, and 13 times higher among women who smoke

Cancer of all body parts

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Health Effects ... HEART DISEASEHealth Effects ... HEART DISEASE

Coronary heart disease– Cigarette smokers are

2–4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.

Smoking doubles a person’s risk for stroke.

Smoking causes reduced circulation; narrows blood vessels.

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More Health Effects…..More Health Effects…..

About 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung diseases are attributable to cigarette smoking.

Cigarette smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects.– Increased risk for infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low

birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

How important is life...

Ask yourself this, “Do you need to breath?” if you said, “NO”, then go for it, smoke, smoke a ton!

More Health Effects …More Health Effects …

Secondhand smoke– Each hour a non-smoker is around a

smoker the non-smoker receives the same negative effects of smoking one cigarette.

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Extra Benefits of Smoking……Extra Benefits of Smoking……

Wrinkles Premature aging Yellow teeth Gum disease Bad breathe Smelly clothes Loss of taste & smell

WOW…..how lucky!

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StatisticsStatistics

3,000 American kids become regular smokers a day

438,000 Americans die each year from cigarettes 160,000 Americans get lung cancer from

cigarettes 10 times greater to get lung cancer than non-

smoker Twice as likely to develop heart disease 1/5 deaths in this country is caused from tobacco

In Washington State …

Adult smoking rate has dropped to a new low– Dropped 26% since 1999

16.5% of adult residents smoke (2007)6th lowest smoking rate among all states20% of 12th graders smoke

– If a person does not try tobacco before the age of 18 it is unlikely they will ever become a user

EmphysemaEmphysema

Destroys the air sacs of the lungs (alveoli)

Alveoli lose elasticity and absorb less oxygen

More breaths needed to get oxygenPeople with emphysema use 80% of

their energy just to breathe in comparison to the normal 5%.

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EMPHYSEMA VIDEO

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Video Reflection Questions…Video Reflection Questions…

1. What did you learn from this movie?

2. Why is this information important?

3. What will you do with this learned information?

4. What is your emotional response to this story?

5. Do you think this story pains an accurate picture of what it’s like to suffer from emphysema? Explain your answer.04/18/23 20

Straw Breathing Activity …Straw Breathing Activity …

Get an idea of how difficult your life would be if you had emphysema!

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EXTRA CREDIT!!!EXTRA CREDIT!!!

INTERVIEW

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Now that you know the facts, do you still

think tobacco products are ok?????