Transcript Tobacco and Our Youth

Tobacco and our youth
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What We Are Covering
 Cigarettes
 Tobacco Industry
 Smokeless Tobacco
 Drug classifications
 Hookah
 Affects entire body
 Advertising
Facts
 Tobacco= Causes the largest # of preventable deaths and
illnesses in the US
 Cigarettes
 Most common among youth
 More than 80% use before 18
 Smokeless Tobacco
 1/7 high school boys
 Only 2% of high school girls
Fact Sheet
 Cigarettes
 Every day, 3,800 begin smoking
 Children of smokers twice as likely
 Smoking causes 443,000
Deaths Per Year
deaths each year
CigaretteRelated
Other
 Smokeless Tobacco
 25% start in sixth grade, 75% by ninth
 In 2009, 6% of high school students used
 Nitrosamine 1000 times amount allowed in beer
---Pipe and Cigar Smoking = More Tar than Cigarettes- Hookah
 One hour session in comparison to single cigarette
 36 times more tar
 15 times more carbon monoxide
 One hour session in comparison to a whole pack
 More tobacco in comparison to cigarettes
 10% of students used in past month
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 Advertisements
 10 billion spent every
year in U.S.
 =Advertisements
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56% of G-rated, animated films contain tobacco use
Tips from Former Smokers http://youtu.be/QivYVVtIMM0
Tips From Former Smokers Terry
http://www.youtube.com/user/CDCStreamingHealth?v=5zW
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Stimulants
 ^ HR, Blood Pressure, and Breathing Rate
 Caffeine
 Nicotine
 Amphetamines  Ritalin
 Meth  Ice
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Crack  Cocaine
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Bath Salts
Hallucinogens
 Ketamine
 PCP Angel Dust
 Ecstasy
 Designer Drugs
 LSD
 Mushrooms
 Mescaline
Inhalants
 Household Items
 Glue
 Paint
 Markers
 Gas
Depressants
 Alcohol
 Sleeping Pills
 GHB
 Tranquilizers
 Rohypnol
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Barbiturates
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Valium
Narcotics
-Depressant drugs made from or similar to
opium
 Heroin
 Codeine
 Morphine
 Methadone
Other
 Marijuana  THC (Main Chem)
 Steroids
 Hashish
 OTC
 Prescription Drugs