TobaccoLesson 38

Nicotine is a stimulant drug found in tobacco products, including cigarettes, clove cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and snuff.

Nicotine stimulates the nervous system and is highly addictive.

What to Know About Nicotine– Nicotine withdrawal syndrome is the

body’s reaction to quitting the use of tobacco products.

– Tobacco is a plant that contains nicotine. – Smokeless tobacco is tobacco that is

chewed or snorted, but not smoked.

Nicotine withdrawal syndrome – a craving for tobacco; – may be anxious– can become frustrated and angry– have heart palpitations – increased appetite.

What to Know About Nicotine At least 43 of the 4000

chemicals in tobacco smoke are carcinogens.

A carcinogen is a chemical that is known to cause cancer.

Tar is a sticky, thick fluid that is formed when tobacco is burned.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless gas that interferes with the ability of blood to carry oxygen.

How Smoking Harms Health– Smoking prevents

the lungs from working effectively.

– Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease that interferes with breathing.

How Smoking Harms Health– Emphysema is a

condition in which the alveoli lose most of their ability to function.

– The lungs lose their ability to properly inflate and hold air.

– Emphysema cannot be cured.

How Smoking Harms Health– Smoking is a major cause of death from

heart and blood vessel diseases and stroke.

– A clot in an artery in the heart can cause a heart attack.

– An aortic aneurysm is a bulging in the aorta, which is the main artery in the body.

Harmful Effects of Smoking on the Body

MouthBad Breath

Dull Taste Buds

Cancer (throat)

Harmful Effects of Smoking on the Body

Teeth

Stained Brown Lungs

Cancer

Emphysema

Emphysema is a condition in which the alveoli lose most of their ability to function.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease that interferes with breathing.

Harmful Effects of Smoking on the Body

Fingers

Stained by burning cigarette Heart

Blood vessels narrow

Greater risk of heart disease

Digestive System

Stomach Ulcers

Bryan Curtis started smoking at 13, never thinking that 20 years

later it would kill him and leave a wife and children alone

The smoke from other people’s cigarettes is responsible for causing thousands of lower respiratory tract infections and deaths from lung cancer and heart disease per year in the United States.

What to Know About Secondhand Smoke Secondhand smoke, or environmental tobacco

smoke, is exhaled mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke.

– Sidestream smoke is smoke that enters the air from a burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe.

– Mainstream smoke is smoke that is directly inhaled into the smoker’s mouth and lungs.

– Sidestream smoke has more tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and benzene than mainstream smoke.

More problems associated with smoking!!!! Throat cancer is

another common side effect of smoking. This person had to have his larynx removed after years of smoking.

Snuff is a tobacco product made from powdered tobacco leaves and stems that is snorted or placed between the gums and cheek.

What to Know About Smokeless Tobacco Smokeless tobacco

increases the risk of developing cancer. 

– Leukoplakia is abnormal cells in the mouth that appear as white patches of tissue.

Cancer of the Mouth

Cancer of the mouth Using spit tobacco

isn't a safe alternative. This photo shows the results of a lip amputation after someone used smokeless tobacco.

Oral Diseases Tobacco is responsible for

all sorts of oral diseases, like mouth cancer, throat cancer, tongue cancer, cancer of the face and gingivitis. The next three photos are a good reminder about the dangers of tobacco use.

Gruen Von Behrens' Missing Jaw

What to Know About Smokeless Tobacco

– If you use smokeless tobacco, quit now. – Check your gums and teeth for signs of oral cancer, which include a persistent sore, lump, or white patch in the mouth; a persistent sore throat; and/or difficulty chewing and moving the tongue or jaw. – Have your mouth checked by a dentist every three months.

What to Know About Tobacco Advertising What tobacco ads do not tell you  – Tobacco companies spend billions of dollars

each year to influence people to use tobacco but do not tell you that more than 400,000 people die each year from smoking.

– They do not show people dying of lung disease or restricted to bed because of emphysema.

Every year the tobacco company spends 9.7 billion dollars per year on advertising

Approximately 10% of 8th graders are current smokers.

70% of teen smokers wish that they never started smoking.

Why experimenting with tobacco is risky 

– Experimenting with tobacco puts you at risk for nicotine dependence. – The probability of becoming addicted to nicotine after one exposure is higher than for other addictive substances.

3 of of 4 smokers in high school have already tried to quit but failed.

The earlier a kid tries smoking, the higher his/her chances of becoming a regular smoker.

Quitting Tobacco Use

There are immediate rewards to quitting smoking, including the ability to breathe easier and the senses of taste and smell improving.

There are many reasons to quit using tobacco, including longer life and reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and cancer.