Transcript ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF
TOBACCO USE
AMELIA EARHART
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Project RAD
TOBACCO
 Smoking behaviors
often begin in
adolescence
 Advertisements
encourage the idea
that these
behaviors are
acceptable
Smoking can have
devastating effects
on health
WHY PEOPLE USE TOBACCO
 Most adolescents do not believe there
is a great risk in smoking cigarettes
 Friends and family smoke
 Experimentation
 Low self-esteem, susceptibility to
peer pressure
 Sensation-seeking, rebelliousness,
anxiety
TYPES OF TOBACCO
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Cigarettes
Cigars
Pipes
Chewing tobacco
Snuff (more finely cut or powdered
for sniffing or dipping)
What is in a Cigarette?
YOU SHOULD KNOW
 Smokers are more likely to die from
heart attack or stroke
 Women who take birth control pills and
smoke increase their risk of heart attack
several times
 “Light” cigarettes do not lower the risk
of heart disease
 After quitting, recovery time for heart
attack risk to reach that of a nonsmoker is 3-9 years
Smoking and the Heart!!
WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE
TOBACCO
 Nicotine addiction
 It becomes a habit
 It is perceived as
pleasurable
 Arousing and
provides energy
 Helps concentration
and lifts mood
 Reduces anger,
tension, depression,
and stress
Smoking effects the Brain!
EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE
Acute bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis
Pneumonia
Emphysema
Cardiovascular disease
(hypertension and
stroke)
 Cancer
 Periodontal disease
 Osteoporosis
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Smoking and your Lungs!!
A full jaw or half? You decide!
SUMMARY
 Tobacco use often begins during
adolescence
 Tobacco has harmful effects to the fetus or
unborn child
 Nicotine and THC harms the mind (brain)
and body systems.
 Tobacco has harmful chemicals
 Nicotine is an addictive psychoactive drug