Transcript W10 Tobacco Use

TOBACCO
Tobacco & Youth
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“Each day in the U.S., approximately 4,000
adolescents aged 12-17 try their first cigarette.”
 (CDC, 2008)
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Approximately 20% of high school students smoke
 50%
of high school students have tried cigarettes
Tobacco
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Cigarettes
Cigars
Hookah
Smokeless tobacco
 Snuff,
chew, plug, nasal snuff
Nicotine
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Acts as a stimulant
 Increases
heart rate, blood pressure, alertness,
concentration, memory.
 May act as mild sedative
 Decreases
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3 out or 4 smokers want to quit
 75%
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anxiety, irritability, mild depression
will quit but start again within one year
Often said to be the most addictive substance
Nicotine & Youth
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Immediate health consequences
 Respiratory
problems
 Addiction
 Increased
risk of lung cancer
Health Effects
Tobacco tolerance
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It is possible to build up a tolerance
 Needing
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more and more for same effect.
Withdrawal:
 Severe
cravings, insomnia, confusion, tremors, difficulty
concentrating, fatigue, muscles aches/pains, headache,
nausea, irritability, anger, depression.
 Youth
that smoke and stop have the same withdrawal
symptoms
Tobacco Use / Mortality
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Leading preventable cause of death in U.S.
 Causes
more deaths every year than HIV, illegal drug
use, alcohol use, motor vehicle accidents, suicides and
murders combined!
 Smokers die an average of 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.
Mortality
Source: www.cancercontrol.cancer.gov
Ingredients in cigarettes
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Over 4000 chemicals are in cigarettes
Just to name a few:
 Acetone,
Ammonia, Arsenic
 Butane, Cadmium, Carbon Monoxide
 DDT, ethanol, Hydrogen Cyanide
 Methane, Methanol, Nicotine
 Toluene
Social Smoking
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What is it?
Is it really that harmful?
 No
safe level of nicotine
 Still habit forming
Hookah
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What is it?
A
water pipe used to smoke tobacco
 Has been around for centuries
 WHO:
“one hour of Hookah smoking exposes the user
to 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a
single cigarette.”
 Relatively
new to the U.S. but is growing among
adolescents.
Smokeless Tobacco
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Increasing among younger men and boys.
 Adolescent
boys that use smokeless tobacco increase
their risk of smoking cigarettes later in life.
(tobaccofreekids.org, 2008)
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Currently:
 13%
of U.S. high school boys use smokeless tobacco
 2% of U.S. high school girls use smokeless tobacco
Tobacco Advertising & Youth
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It is illegal in all states to sell cigarettes to anyone
under 18… so why is tobacco and youth an issue?
Children and adolescents are the majority of new
smokers and companies know this.
 First
time use likely to occur at approximately 14.
 Those who do not use tobacco at the age of 18 likely
will never start.
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(CDC, 2008)
Advertising
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Companies feel they need to “replace” smokers
Ads therefore target youth
Tobacco prevention programs
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Only 69% of students are currently in schools that
require tobacco prevention programs.
Prevention programs need to focus on the short-term
for adolescents.
 Athletic
performance
 Personal appearance
Tobacco Education Programs
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Well-designed programs should include:
A
proven background in prevention
 Provide education during the formative years
 Provide a tobacco-free environment
 Help preventing other types of drug use as well.