Transcript Section 16.1

Section 16.1 Teens and Tobacco
Teens and Tobacco
Objectives
Identify three factors that influence teens’
decisions about tobacco use.
Describe the various forms of
tobacco products.
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Section 16.1 Teens and Tobacco
Health Stats This graph shows how the percentage of 10th
graders and 12th graders who smoke has changed.
What does this graph reveal about the popularity
of smoking among high school students?
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Why Teens Use Tobacco
• Few users can pinpoint the exact reason they started
smoking or using smokeless tobacco.
• Friends, family, and the media greatly influence
whether someone starts to use tobacco.
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Influence of Friends
• Most people who become addicted to tobacco start
using it during their teens.
• Teens with friends who use tobacco are more likely
to also use tobacco.
• If a teen’s friends do not use tobacco, it is less likely
that he or she will make the decision to use it.
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Influence of Family
• Your parents may have first made you aware of
tobacco’s negative health effects.
• Other family members may be positive role models
for you.
• Studies show that children of smokers are much
more likely to smoke, even if their parents try to
discourage them.
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Influence of Media
• You probably have read or heard much about the
dangers of tobacco through the media.
• Anti-tobacco programs try to compete with the
appealing ads created by tobacco companies.
• Tobacco companies spend over $15 billion a year
for advertising.
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Factors That Influence Teen Decisions About Tobacco Use
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Tobacco Products
• Tobacco products are made from the dried,
processed leaves of tobacco plants.
• Nicotine is a very addictive chemical in
tobacco products, initially used as an insecticide.
• Tobacco users are not immediately poisoned by
nicotine because only a small amount enters the
body at a time.
• Tobacco users take in nicotine whenever they use
cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or smokeless tobacco
products.
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Products That Are Smoked
• Cigarettes consist of cured and shredded tobacco
leaves rolled in paper.
• Bidis are cigarette-like products that consist of
tobacco wrapped in a leaf and tied with string.
• Kreteks contain ground clove. The clove alters the
cigarette’s flavor and numbs the lungs.
• Cigar and pipe tobacco is less processed than
cigarette tobacco.
• People are using these products less and less as
society is becoming more aware of their harm to
our health.
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Smokeless Tobacco
• Tobacco that is chewed, placed between the lower lip
and teeth, or sniffed through the nose is known as
smokeless tobacco.
• Chewing tobacco, also known
as “dip” or “chew,” consists
of poor-quality, ground
tobacco leaves mixed with
flavorings, preservatives,
and other chemicals.
• Snuff is finely ground,
powdered tobacco.
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Section 16.1 Teens and Tobacco
Vocabulary
nicotine
smokeless
tobacco
chewing tobacco
snuff
An extremely addictive chemical in tobacco
products.
Tobacco products that are chewed, placed
between the lower lip and teeth, or sniffed.
A smokeless tobacco product that consists of
poor-quality, ground tobacco leaves and is
placed between the gum and the cheek.
A smokeless tobacco product that consists of
dry or moist powder. It may be placed between
the lower lip and teeth or sniffed.
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