Transcript Tobacco
What is tobacco? a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing Nicotine is addictive sustance which leads the body to become physically dependant upon it Cigarettes Chewing Tobacco Snuff (dip) Pipe Tobacco Cigars Herbal Cigarettes Vapes or Vapor Cigarrettes Hookah Nicotine Addictive drug found in tobacco Carcinogens Chemicals or agents that cause cancer Tar Sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways sd ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Cyanide- poisonous gas Formaldehyde- used to preserve laboratory animals Lead- dangerous metals Vinyl chloride- flammable gas Carbon Monoxide- gas that blocks oxygen getting into bloodstream Cigarette smoke kills more that 400,000 people in the US each year! Stimulates the brain reward system Increases heart rate and blood pressure Inscreases breathing rate Increases blood sugar levels Stimulates the vomit reflex Makes your breath, clothes stink as well as specks of black debris in your teeth Emphysema Respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of the lungs because the alveoli becomes blocked or loose their elasticity People who have emphysema cannot breathe normally Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) Combination of chronic bronchitis and obstructive emphysema Sidestream Smoke Smoke that escapes from the cigarette, cigar or pipe Mainstream Smoke Smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker 2nd Hand Smoke Combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and side stream smoke Lung cancer from 2nd hand smoke kills 3000 nonsmokers in US each year 2nd hand smoke causes illness (headaches, nausea and dizziness) Children of 2nd hand smoke suffer from more lower respiratory infections, more asthma, ear infections Smoking while pregnant can lead to: Miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight SIDS Sudden infant death syndrome is higher in homes where someone smokes Development difficulties Fetus’ brain is affected and children can be dependent upon nicotine when they are born 2nd Hand Smoke 150,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in babies each year Social- family and friends do Curiosity- curious about Tobacco Rebellion- ‘fightin the man’ Advertising- effective marketing Cost to Family Over $1500 per year for tobacco products Lost wages due to illness Medical bills Funeral costs Costs to Society $138 billion per year in financial costs to smoking Tobacco and the Law Companies pay high fines if caught selling tobacco to minors MLA Format Header/ Works Cited Pages 2 FULL PAGES 3rd Person Style (no use of I, us, we, our, you, me…etc) 12 point font Times New Roman Double spacing (no adjusted margins) 3 Professional/Peer Reviewed Sources