Transcript Tobacco - Curriculum

Tobacco
Name the 6 types of tobacco products:
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cigarettes
chewing tobacco
snuff (dip)
pipe tobacco
cigars
herbal cigarettes
2. What is the addictive drug found
in all forms of tobacco?
Nicotine
3. Name the colorless,
odorless gas found in
cigarette smoke that
blocks the oxygen from
getting into the
bloodstream.
Carbon Monoxide
4. List the short term effects that can be
seen very soon after a person begins to
smoke:
– a. Stimulates the brain reward
system
– b. increases heart rate and blood
pressure
– c. increases breathing rate
– d. increases blood-sugar levels
– e. stimulates the vomit reflex
5. List the long term effects of tobacco use:
• addiction
• bronchitis &
emphysema
• heart and artery
diseases
• cancer
How can using tobacco affect your immune
system?
Chemicals in smoke reduces the
activity of the immune system so
you are more likely to get sick.
Damaging the immune system
increases your chances of suffering
from diseases such as cancer
What is the difference between the following
types of smoke?
a. Side stream smoke – smoke from the
burning end of the cigarette
b. mainstream smoke - smoke that is
inhaled through a tobacco product and
exhaled by a tobacco smoker
c. secondhand smoke – combination of
exhaled mainstream smoke and side
stream smoke.
How can tobacco use affect a pregnancy?
Anything the mother takes into
her body the baby also takes in.
The carbon monoxide in
tobacco products cuts down
the oxygen supply to the baby
increasing your chances of birth
defects, premature births,
miscarriage, still births etc…
How does tobacco use affect
families and society?
• Costs society
money in
medical care,
insurance
costs,
accidental
fires etc…
• Costs the
family money
(buying
tobacco
products, lost
of wages,
medical bills,
funeral costs).
What are some things you can do if you want
to quit smoking?
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Decide that you can do it
Get started
Change your habits
Set goals
Get support
What are some of the benefits of being
tobacco free?
Less chance of getting sick, not smelling like smoke, better
taste of food, money, etc…