Transcript Tobacco and You

What Kills the Most Americans Every
Year?
Rank them in order
from 1-10
 AIDS
 Suicide
 Alcohol
 Fires
 Secondhand Smoke
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Heroin
 Tobacco
 Homicide
 Car Crashes
 Cocaine/Crack
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What Kills the Most Americans Every
Year?
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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
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What is Tobacco?
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A plant
 Alone it
does have
nicotine
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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
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4,000 chemicals used in cigarettes
 53 chemicals are known to cause cancer
 List of harmful Chemicals (only a few)
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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
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Cigarettes
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Cigars and Pipes
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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
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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
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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
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About 25% of population smokes
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Personal
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Adults & teens
$6.64 pack (Pack a day= $2,424 per year)
Medical costs/Dental costs
Clothing costs
Society
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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
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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
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Most dangerous
Smoke that secondhand “smokers” inhale
More Facts
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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
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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?
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Personal Appearance
 Nervous System
 Respiratory System
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Circulatory System
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Digestive System