Tobacco

What is it good for?

Absolutely Nothing!

Tobaccoto·bac·co

noun

• the prepared leaves, as used in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.

Did you know?

Nicotine is found in ALL tobacco products

Nicotine is highly addictive

60 mg of nicotine kills most people

Did you know?

A single cigarette contains 2 mg of nicotine

How many How many chemicals are in a chemicals are in a single cigarette?single cigarette?

There are over 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke

… at least 69 of those chemicals are

known to cause cancer.

YUMMY!

What are the short term effects?..

…Increases heart rate

…Increases breathing rate

…Stimulates vomit reflex

What are the long term effects?..

… Addiction

… unattractiveness

… Emphysema

… Bronchitis

… Heart and artery disease

… Cancer

There are many expenses…

Need money for their addiction

and Medical bills

and funeral costs

Did you know?

Average person spends $1500 per

year for cigarettes

Does it effect Does it effect only the smoker?only the smoker?

Did you know?

Lung cancer kills 3000 nonsmokers every year

What about the children of smokers?

They get respiratory infections, asthma, and

ear infections

Is this fair?

Usually leads to…

Miscarriages, premature births, SIDS

Did you know?

20% of premature deaths are caused by tobacco

Affects family and society

Families have to watch

loved ones die and live

without them

Society pays 157 billion a year for medical expenses because of

tobacco use

So why do people start?

No one ever thinks they will get addicted

Most people don’t believe

statistics and truths

Advertising makes it look cool

Some people who have smoked for years seem fine

Did you know?

Cancer takes awhile to be detected

About 12,000 new cases of cancer occur each year due to smoking

Did you know?

Other forms of tobacco are just as

harmful

8 dips = 30 cigarettes

Smokeless tobacco..

Leads to mouth sores

and CANCER

Who is Gruen Von Behrens?

By age 14

Gruen Von Behrens was seriously hooked

on snuff

At age 17,

he found out he had cancer

and since

has undergone 40 surgeries

“It seemed harmless, but it has ruined my

life."

Don’t let tobacco ruin your life!

Presentation by: April (Kees) Beard

SourcesLifetime Health Textbook, 2004.

Lifetime Health