Transcript Tobacco 2 Notes

JOURNAL
• Describe what a tobacco advertisement looks
like.
• List 5 places you where you would see tobacco
advertisements.
• List 5 places where you would NOT see tobacco
advertisements.
JOURNAL
Answer the following questions using your tobacco ad:
1. Describe your ad in detail (product, people, colors,
etc)
2. Who do you think is the target audience for your ad
and why?
3. What does the surgeon general’s warning say?
4. Where did you find your ad?
5. Do you think tobacco advertising should be
completely banned? Why or why not?
Tobacco and Society:
• Tobacco is a HUGE business in the United
States.
• Tobacco companies spend $42 million on
advertising and promotions EVERY DAY!!!!!
• Tobacco companies are constantly losing
customers everyday because they are
quitting or dying.
• Therefore they want to attract new users.
WHO DO THEY WANT TO
ATTRACT????
Children & Teenagers!!!!
• Children and teens represent the most
profitable market.
Children and teens have their whole life
ahead of them, that’s why tobacco companies
want them as their new customers (a customer
for life).
Why are children and teens so
valuable to the tobacco
companies??????
Because……………
• The majority of smokers begin before the age
of 18.
80% before age 18
90% before age 20
Anti-Tobacco Project
The Truth Website
JOURNAL
- List 5 places where smoking is
banned
- List 5 places where smoking is
NOT banned.
Tobacco Addiction
Despite the high personal costs and health risks a
large number of people continue to smoke or
chew tobacco. This is because they have formed an
addiction.
Addictiona physical or psychological need for a drug.
Physical Dependence- A type of addiction in which the body
itself feels a direct need for a drug.
Nicotine affects body temperature, heart rate,
digestion, and muscle tone.
-Tobacco users DO NOT feel normal unless their body
is under the influence of nicotine.
Psychological Dependence-an addiction in which the mind sends the
body a message that it needs the drug
(nicotine).
- Events , situations, and habits trigger a
desire to use tobacco.
• Nicotine addiction is the most
common form of drug addiction
in the United States.
Question:
What is the name for the symptoms
that a tobacco user goes through
when they decide to quit?????
Withdrawal
Withdrawal- The physical and psychological symptoms
that occur when someone stops using an
addictive substance.
Physical symptoms of
Withdrawal:
Nicotine cravings
Headaches
Shakes
Fatigue
Increased appetite
nausea
Psychological symptoms of
withdrawal:
Feeling irritable
Nervous
Anxious
Sad
Trouble thinking
Trouble sleeping
Question:
What is it called when a person is
standing next to someone who is
smoking and they are inhaling the
smoke from the cigarette??
Secondhand Smoke
- The air that has been contaminated by
tobacco smoke.
2 types of secondhand smoke:
1. Mainstream smoke - the smoke that the
smoker inhales and exhales into the air.
2. Sidestream smoke – smoke coming off the
burning end of the cigarette.
Question :
Which type of secondhand smoke
is more harmful?
Sidestream!!!
• Sidestream smoke contains twice as
much tar and nicotine as
mainstream smoke.
Secondhand smoke can cause pneumonia and
bronchitis.
Infants and children who are exposed to
secondhand smoke have more colds, allergies,
ear infections and asthma than children who
are not exposed to secondhand smoke.
Pregnancy & Tobacco
Woman who smoke while pregnant increase their
risk of having:
• a low birth weight baby
• a premature delivery
** the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) is
higher in homes in which the parents smoke!