The Dangers of The Dangers of Tobacco Use By Tobacco Use By

MinorsMinorsBy: Cpl. Chris WinkleBy: Cpl. Chris Winkle

St. Marys Police DepartmentSt. Marys Police Department137@stmpd.org137@stmpd.org(912) 882-4488(912) 882-4488

Smoking related illnesses claim more American lives than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide and illegal drugs combined!

COUNTDOWNCOUNTDOWN

Let’s all count to 10 together.

Someone has just died from smoking tobaccoSomeone has just died from smoking tobacco. . Terrifying isn’t it?Terrifying isn’t it?

In the time it took for us to In the time it took for us to count to 10count to 10

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE To be educated on the dangers of tobacco use by minors.To be educated on the dangers of tobacco use by minors.

Explain the penalties for the unlawful use or possession of Explain the penalties for the unlawful use or possession of tobacco by minors.tobacco by minors.

Explain the consequences involved by the use of tobaccoExplain the consequences involved by the use of tobacco

Why is it important to Why is it important to educate youth about educate youth about

smoking?smoking? In 1985, one tobacco company In 1985, one tobacco company brainstormed the idea of reaching brainstormed the idea of reaching younger adult customers in record younger adult customers in record stores. stores.

As late as 1999, tobacco companies As late as 1999, tobacco companies placed in-store advertising signage placed in-store advertising signage at a child’s eye level. at a child’s eye level.

Every day, about 1,500 youth Every day, about 1,500 youth become daily smokers. become daily smokers.

Why is it important to Why is it important to educate youth about educate youth about

smoking?smoking? Every day, about 3,900 youth ages Every day, about 3,900 youth ages 12 12

to 17to 17 try a cigarette for the first time. try a cigarette for the first time. 1 out of 3 smokers begin smoking 1 out of 3 smokers begin smoking

before the before the age of 14.age of 14. The majority of smokers begin before The majority of smokers begin before

the age of 18 (80% before age 18, 90% the age of 18 (80% before age 18, 90% before age 20). before age 20).

63% of high school smokers say they 63% of high school smokers say they want to quit smoking. want to quit smoking.

Causes harm to Causes harm to the bodythe body

It can It can killkill youyou Can cause Can cause

diseasesdiseases Ruin your careerRuin your career Is Is against the against the

lawlaw for minors for minors

Can save your lifeCan save your life Can save the life of Can save the life of

your loved onesyour loved ones You can help You can help

educate otherseducate others Keep you healthyKeep you healthy

That using tobacco Not using tobacco can

It is Important to KnowIt is Important to Know

Facts about TobaccoFacts about Tobacco

Majority of smokers begin before age 18Majority of smokers begin before age 18 33% of daily users begin using tobacco 33% of daily users begin using tobacco

before age 14before age 14 4.8 million people die each year from 4.8 million people die each year from

tobacco related diseasestobacco related diseases 22.3% of high school students smoke. 22.3% of high school students smoke. 8.1% of middle school students smoke.8.1% of middle school students smoke.

DON’T BE A DON’T BE A STATISTICSTATISTIC

NicotineNicotine

AddictionAddiction

Health RisksHealth Risks

Carbon MonoxideCarbon Monoxide

Second-Hand SmokeSecond-Hand Smoke

Nicotine and Nicotine and AddictionAddiction

What is nicotine?

Is Nicotine a drug?

What is addiction?

Nicotine Nicotine Nicotine is found naturally in tobacco. It Nicotine is found naturally in tobacco. It

has has no odorno odor and it has and it has no colorno color. But, it is . But, it is both physically and psychologically both physically and psychologically addictiveaddictive. It can cause those who use it to . It can cause those who use it to want to smoke one cigarette after anotherwant to smoke one cigarette after another..

Nicotine is a drugNicotine is a drug that is found in that is found in cigarettes as well as smokeless tobacco. It cigarettes as well as smokeless tobacco. It is a potent is a potent poisonpoison that gives the user a that gives the user a high feeling. high feeling.

Nicotine raises the Nicotine raises the heart rateheart rate and and blood blood pressurepressure

AddictionAddiction

The smoker wants another cigarette to The smoker wants another cigarette to satisfy that craving.satisfy that craving.

Smoking is Smoking is addictiveaddictive

Three-quarters or (75%) of young Three-quarters or (75%) of young people who use tobacco people who use tobacco dailydaily continue continue to do so because they find it hard to quit to do so because they find it hard to quit because they are addicted.because they are addicted.

Shortness of breath Shortness of breath Dizziness. Dizziness.

Lung diseases such as Lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and chronic bronchitis and emphysema.emphysema.

Heart disease, Heart disease, Including stroke, Including stroke,

heart attack, heart attack, vascular disease, vascular disease, and aneurysm and aneurysm (burst blood vessel). (burst blood vessel).

Death Death

CancerCancer Lung, mouth, throat, Lung, mouth, throat,

bladder, pancreas bladder, pancreas and kidney cancer. and kidney cancer.

Dry skin Dry skin

Premature wrinklesPremature wrinkles

Smoking can cause a slow and painful death

Say Cheese !! To Yellow Say Cheese !! To Yellow TeethTeeth

EMPHYSEMA --- LUNG EMPHYSEMA --- LUNG CANCERCANCER

CHEMICALS IN CHEMICALS IN TOBACCOTOBACCO

Cigarette smoke Cigarette smoke has more than has more than 4000 chemicals in 4000 chemicals in itit

11 known 11 known carcinogens in carcinogens in cigarette smoke.cigarette smoke.

Fun Facts About Chemicals Fun Facts About Chemicals Found in CigarettesFound in Cigarettes

Urea (pee/urine)Urea (pee/urine)

Well, now you can add cigarettes Well, now you can add cigarettes to that list. That's right, the to that list. That's right, the same stuff that comes out of same stuff that comes out of your plumbing has a little thing your plumbing has a little thing called urea in it, and urea's in called urea in it, and urea's in cigarette smoke. Who knew Big cigarette smoke. Who knew Big Tobacco was all-natural like Tobacco was all-natural like that?that?

Methanol (antifreeze)Methanol (antifreeze)Well, good news: Well, good news: now there's delicious now there's delicious methanol in your methanol in your cigarette smoke. cigarette smoke. That stuff is in anti-That stuff is in anti-freeze, and heck, if freeze, and heck, if you're stuck in the you're stuck in the middle of North middle of North Dakota in nothing Dakota in nothing but your skivvies, a but your skivvies, a little antifreeze goes little antifreeze goes a long way. a long way. Of Of coursecourse swallowing it swallowing it might kill you.might kill you.

Cinnamaldehyde Cinnamaldehyde (dog and cat repellant) (dog and cat repellant) You don't see many You don't see many dogs smoking these dogs smoking these days, do you? No days, do you? No sir. That's because sir. That's because cinnamaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, one of the delicious one of the delicious ingredients in ingredients in cigarettes, is also cigarettes, is also an ingredient in an ingredient in dog and cat dog and cat repellent.repellent.

Cadmium (batteries)Cadmium (batteries)Things that typically need Things that typically need batteries: cyber-droids, batteries: cyber-droids, light sabers, remote-light sabers, remote-control cars. Things that control cars. Things that typically don't need typically don't need batteries: your mom, batteries: your mom, rainbows, and cigarettes. rainbows, and cigarettes. So how come there's So how come there's cadmium in cigarette cadmium in cigarette smoke? After all, cadmium smoke? After all, cadmium is one of the toxic is one of the toxic chemicals found in chemicals found in batteries. Maybe Big batteries. Maybe Big Tobacco's coming out with Tobacco's coming out with an electronic laser an electronic laser cigarette in the near cigarette in the near future, but don't hold your future, but don't hold your breath.breath.

Toluene (gasoline)Toluene (gasoline)Gentlemen, start Gentlemen, start your cigarettes: your cigarettes: this one is for all this one is for all you drag racers, you drag racers, grease monkeys, grease monkeys, and Fast and and Fast and Furious people out Furious people out there. Turns out, there. Turns out, toluene, one of the toluene, one of the chemicals in chemicals in tobacco smoke, is tobacco smoke, is also a noxious also a noxious component in component in gasoline.gasoline.

Hydrazine (rocket fuel)Hydrazine (rocket fuel)Yeah, you're right, this Yeah, you're right, this chemical is in chemical is in cigarettes, but you cigarettes, but you wanna hear something wanna hear something really awesome? It's really awesome? It's also found in rocket also found in rocket fuel! Which is found fuel! Which is found in...ROCKET SHIPS!!! in...ROCKET SHIPS!!! Rocket ships rule! Sure, Rocket ships rule! Sure, hydrazine can give youhydrazine can give you seizures, tremors, andseizures, tremors, and convulsionsconvulsions, but give it , but give it a break folks, because a break folks, because this stuff could also help this stuff could also help put a monkey on Mars! put a monkey on Mars! Which to reiterate... Which to reiterate... awesome!awesome!

Acetone (nail polish Acetone (nail polish remover)remover)For all the hipsters, For all the hipsters,

Goths and ladies in the Goths and ladies in the room, this one is for room, this one is for you. Acetone. Sounds you. Acetone. Sounds like a download for like a download for your cell phone, sadly your cell phone, sadly it's just a nasty it's just a nasty chemical in cigarette chemical in cigarette smoke and nail polish smoke and nail polish remover. Yep, the remover. Yep, the same stuff that scrubs same stuff that scrubs the Jet Black off your the Jet Black off your piggies is in every puff.piggies is in every puff.

Toluene (dynamite)Toluene (dynamite)Buh-BLAM! BLAM! Buh-BLAM! BLAM! Blam,Blam,Blam,BlamBlam,Blam,Blam,Blam,Blam,Blam,Blam!,Blam,Blam,Blam! Duck and cover, Duck and cover, everybody, this everybody, this presentation is about presentation is about to blow! Introducing to blow! Introducing toluene, one of the toluene, one of the magical components magical components in TNT. And, in TNT. And, coincidentally, one of coincidentally, one of the magical the magical ingredients in ingredients in cigarette smoke.cigarette smoke.

Formaldehyde Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)(embalming fluid)Your pet frog died. Your pet frog died.

Bummer. But before Bummer. But before you start crying, you start crying, consider this solution: consider this solution: Formaldehyde. It's the Formaldehyde. It's the funeral home dandy funeral home dandy that keeps things like that keeps things like human remains and human remains and dead amphibians from dead amphibians from decaying in front of decaying in front of your very eyes. Plus, your very eyes. Plus, leftovers can go to Big leftovers can go to Big Tobacco: they've got Tobacco: they've got formaldehydeformaldehyde in their in their cigarette smokecigarette smoke..

Carbon Monoxide Carbon Monoxide and Secondhand and Secondhand

SmokeSmoke What is Carbon What is Carbon

Monoxide?Monoxide?

What is What is Secondhand Secondhand Smoke? Smoke?

Surgeon Surgeon General’s General’s WarningWarning

Carbon Monoxide is a Carbon Monoxide is a poisonous gas. poisonous gas.

It can kill you!It can kill you! Smoking increases the level Smoking increases the level

of carbon monoxide in the of carbon monoxide in the lungs. lungs.

The poisonous gas is quickly The poisonous gas is quickly absorbed into the blood, absorbed into the blood, reducing the oxygen in the reducing the oxygen in the bodybody

Carbon monoxide and Carbon monoxide and carcinogens are more carcinogens are more prevalent in secondhand prevalent in secondhand smoke than smoke directly smoke than smoke directly inhaled by smokersinhaled by smokers

Secondhand smoke is Secondhand smoke is just as dangerous as just as dangerous as smoking. smoking.

One in every eight, lung One in every eight, lung cancer deaths among cancer deaths among nonsmokers was caused nonsmokers was caused by passive smoking or by passive smoking or secondhand smoke secondhand smoke

It can cause ear It can cause ear infections and lung infections and lung diseases diseases

Facts:

Georgia Law Georgia Law O.C.G.A. 16-12-171(b)(1);O.C.G.A. 16-12-171(b)(1);

statesstates It shall be unlawful for It shall be unlawful for

any minorany minor to to purchasepurchase, , attempt to attempt to purchasepurchase or or possesspossess for personal use for personal use cigarettescigarettes or or tobaccotobacco related objectsrelated objects

It is also unlawful for It is also unlawful for minors to minors to misrepresent their age misrepresent their age or identity to purchase or identity to purchase cigarettes or tobacco cigarettes or tobacco related productsrelated products

A minor who commits A minor who commits this offense may be this offense may be punished by requiring punished by requiring 20 hours of 20 hours of community servicecommunity service

Requiring attendance Requiring attendance at a lecture or at a lecture or discussion on the discussion on the health hazards of health hazards of smoking, or smoking, or

A combination of both.A combination of both.

What is Smokeless What is Smokeless Tobacco?Tobacco?

Smokeless Tobacco is also called snuff and chewing tobacco.

Snuff is a fine-grain tobacco that often comes in teabag-like pouches that users "pinch" or "dip" between their lower lip and gum.

Chewing tobacco comes in shredded, twisted, or "bricked" tobacco leaves that users put between their cheek and gum

Cracked lipsCracked lips Stained teethStained teeth Bad breathBad breath Sore gumsSore gums Affects your body Affects your body

developmentdevelopment

Rick Bender Rick Bender storystory Baseball playerBaseball player Started dipping at Started dipping at

age 12age 12 Dipping was coolDipping was cool Ads said it was the Ads said it was the

thing to do.thing to do. Wanted to fit inWanted to fit in Was healthy Was healthy Like any other Like any other

teenagerteenager

Rick Bender Rick Bender story story continued…continued… Got cancerGot cancer Jaw, mouth, Jaw, mouth,

teeth, tongue, teeth, tongue, neck and arm neck and arm muscles severely muscles severely damaged.damaged.

Lost baseball Lost baseball careercareer

Face disfigured Face disfigured for lifefor life

What about the financial What about the financial loss of nicotine addiction?loss of nicotine addiction?

What if you invested What if you invested instead of smoking?instead of smoking?

Average Cost of Cigarettes $3.00Average Cost of Cigarettes $3.00 Cost per day $3.00Cost per day $3.00 Cost per month $90.00Cost per month $90.00 If invested at 12% from age 16-76If invested at 12% from age 16-76

$11,622,000

1. What are some of the dangers of 1. What are some of the dangers of using tobacco?using tobacco?

2. Is there a law against minors 2. Is there a law against minors using or possessing tobacco?using or possessing tobacco?

3. What are some of the 3. What are some of the consequences of using tobacco? consequences of using tobacco?

The magazine The magazine Aviation,Aviation, Space,Space, andand EnvironmentalEnvironmental MedicineMedicine sums this sums this matter up nicely, saying: “Tobacco is matter up nicely, saying: “Tobacco is a nauseating plant that is consumed a nauseating plant that is consumed by only two creatures—a small green by only two creatures—a small green worm and man. The small green worm and man. The small green

worm doesn’t know any better.”worm doesn’t know any better.” DO DO YOU?YOU? So be smart—don’t start.So be smart—don’t start.

Thank You for your TimeThank You for your Time

Cpl. Chris WinkleCpl. Chris Winkle

St. Marys Police St. Marys Police DepartmentDepartment