Transcript School Stop Smoking Program

School Smoking Program
Leah Wright
Pharmacy Intern
Stueck Pharmacy Ltd
Why You Shouldn’t Smoke or Chew
Tobacco
Unhealthy
 Addictive
 Unattractive, un-cool
 Expensive
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What Makes Tobacco Products
Unhealthy?
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Besides all the harmful chemicals?
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Vinyl chloride (plastic)
Acetone (paint stripper)
Arsenic
Hydrogen cyanide
Ammonia (bleach)
Naphthalene (moth balls)
Pesticides
Lead
Tar
Carbon monoxide (car exhaust)
Formaldehyde
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Mouth Disease
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Smoke and left over chewing tobacco
increase plaque build up which attracts
bacteria
Too much bacteria causes an infection and
leads to sores
Infection rots teeth, bone
and gums and leads to
bad breath and tooth loss
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Plaque causes yellow stuff
Staining causes black stuff
Risk of oral cancer is 50 times greater for
chewers than non-chewers
Surgery to remove a tumor can result in loss of
tongue, cheek or lip
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Lung Cancer
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Smoke, tar, nicotine and thousands of other
chemicals travel to your lungs
Chemicals can change the way cells behave,
causing cancer to occur
All it takes is ONE damaged cell to start a
tumor growing
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Alveoli are grape-like
structures in your
lungs that move
oxygen into your blood
stream
Smoke damages the
alveoli and prevents
your body from getting
enough oxygen
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Tar and Your Lungs
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Rots your lungs
Kills your cells
Causes cancer
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Cancer can also start in
the mouth, esophagus,
and anywhere else the
chemicals from a
cigarette can reach
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Heart Disease
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Nicotine can have many effects on the heart
Increased heart rate
 Increased blood pressure
 Irregular heart beat
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Leads to heart attack and stroke
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The Rest of Your Body
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Chemicals can travel to other parts of your
body through the blood stream
 Fingers
 Kidneys
 Toes
 Liver
 Eyes
 Skin
 Mouth
 Brain
What About Second-Hand Smoke?
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Second-hand smoke may increase your risk
of lung cancer, heart disease, or asthma
 Second-hand smoke can lead to heart attacks
and strokes
What About Second-Hand Smoke?
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Allergies
 Ear infections
 Red, itchy, watery
eyes
 Headaches
•If someone in your house smokes, it is the same
as if you are smoking
•Your health is at risk, you have the right to ask
them to smoke outside
Why Do People Use Tobacco?
Relieve stress
 Fitting in, acting cool
 Having fun???
 Relaxation
 Cravings
 Habit
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Is This Cool?
Is This?
Damage to blood
vessels and tissue
Airway blocked by
cancer
Tongue
Cancer
Clogged artery
Can You Afford To It?
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You could buy a pack a day for one year or:
Vacation
New Clothes
Games
Save for a car
Benefits of Quitting
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Within 8 hours
carbon monoxide
levels drop
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Within 3 days
breathing becomes
easier
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Within two days
sense of smell and
taste improve and
risk of heart attack
declines
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Within 2 weeks
nicotine is removed
from your body
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Within 3 weeks you
will be able to be
25% more active
Benefits of Quitting
Within 6 months
coughing, sinus
congestion,
tiredness and
shortness of breath
improve
 Within 1 year risk of
smoking-related
heart attack is cut in
half
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Within 10 years
risk of lung cancer is
cut in half
 Within 15 years
risk of heart attack is
equal to a person
who never smoked
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Myths about Quitting
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My friends won’t like me anymore
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99% of teens say they would support a
friend who wanted to quit
Myths about Quitting
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I’ll gain lots of weight
Many people don’t gain a lot of weight
 Those who do only put on about 5 pounds
 Healthy snacks, drinking water, and staying
active will help prevent weight gain
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Myths about Quitting
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Smoking won’t hurt me until I am older
Cigarettes don’t know how old you are
 Even people in their 20’s can have lung
cancer or heart attacks
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Myths about Quitting
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I won’t get addicted
Addiction has nothing to do with willpower or
control, it is a physical change in your brain
 The more you smoke, the more nicotine
receptors you will have in your body
 The more receptors you have, the more
nicotine you will need in order to be satisfied,
and the more difficult it will be to quit
 Once a smoker, always a smoker
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So Quit Already
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do you or someone you know
find it very difficult to quit?
So Quit Already
 Addiction
Nicotine is the addictive substance
 The brain demands nicotine, without enough
nicotine smokers go into withdrawal
 Nicotine has an addictive potential comparable
to cocaine, for some people all it takes is one
drag
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So Quit Already
 Habit
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Smoking is associated with other things
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Having a good time
Eating
Drinking
Being stressed
If it’s SO hard to quit,
what can I do?
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Get help
Friends
 Family
 Teachers
 Doctor
 Pharmacist
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Never say never…you can do it with help
One Step At A Time
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Does someone close to you smoke or
chew?
Parent
 Friend
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How can you convince them to quit?
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Some people aren’t ready to quit
Tell him/her you want them to quit
 Offer your support
 DON’T NAG - when does that ever work?
 Remember that quitting isn’t simple,
addiction and habit need to be dealt with
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Visit Stueck Pharmacy for more
information on quitting today, tomorrow,
or even next year