TOBACCO

2 TYPES

Smoking Tobacco-cigarettes, pipe, cigar

Smokeless Tobacco-dip, chew, snuff

Quick Question

I think it’s okay to smoke because…

I do not think it’s okay to smoke because…

Quick Question

If you were to have a discussion with someone about the rights of a smoker and the rights of a non-smoker, where would you stand and what would you argue?

What’s Really in Tobacco?

Cigarette smoke contains 4000 chemicals, 43 of those are carcinogenic, and they cause cancer. The list of chemicals includes nicotine, acetone, ammonia, benzene, cadmium, pyridine, hydrogen cyanide, lead, formaldehyde,and mercury.

NICOTINEIt is the active ingredient in tobacco

smoke. It has a pungent odor and has an acrid taste. Nicotine is defined as a poisonous, oily, pale yellow substance that turns brown upon exposure to air. In concentrated form, nicotine is used as a potent insecticide.

Nicotine is powerful and addictive. A single drop of pure nicotine put on the tongue

will cause death Nicotine causes dopamine to be released in the

brain-(dopamine is that feel good chemical released during sex, eating chocolate, drinking, doing drugs, and smoking)

If it makes your brain feel good, your brain will crave that behavior…causing addiction.

Initial Effects of Nicotine Use

Dizziness

Rapid Pulse

Vomiting

Faintness

Clammy Skin

Diarrhea

The body eventually builds a tolerance to nicotine and will crave more to receive the desired effects.

Quick Question?

Tell me reasons you have heard why people start smoking.

What is the real reason individuals begin smoking?

Reasons Teens Start Smoking

To seem sophisticated, cool

Peer pressure

Advertising

The belief you can quit at any time

Short term effects

To have something to hold

To relax

A social crutch

To deal with food cravings

See family members smoking

Effects of Smoking on the Body

Kills taste buds

Brown stains on teeth

Irritates respiratory tract

Heart rate increases

Arteries contract

Wrinkles

Bad breath

Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

Chronic cough

Chronic irritation of the lungs, throat, and nose

This irritation can turn into chronic bronchitis or emphysema

Effects on Babies and Children

Babies weigh less and have impaired growth and development

Children have more respiratory infections/asthma

More allergies and sensitivities to environmental factors

Smokeless Tobacco

Dip, chew, snuff Spitting Discolors teeth Halitosis Cavities Gum disease Cancer

Cancer of the Mouth

Leukoplakia-white, leathery patches that form on the tissues of the cheek or gums, difficulty healing, turn cancerous

Cigars vs. Cigarettes

CIGARS

44 mg. tar97 mg. carbon

dioxide13.3 mg. nicotine

CIGARETTES

16 mg. tar14 mg. carbon

dioxide1.1 mg. nicotine