TOBACCO HEALTH MR GARDNER WHY DO TEENS BEGIN
TOBACCO HEALTH MR. GARDNER
WHY DO TEENS BEGIN TO USE TOBACCO Peer _____ n Family ______ (3 x’s) n _______ n Maturity n ______ & star worship n
Teen Use ______ teens start every day n _____% started by age ______ n Teens think they can _______ anytime n ___ believe they will quit within __ years n
TOBACCO n #1 preventable form of death ¨ _______ people/year (>____ per day) 3 -747 s ¨ _______ lung cancer- ____% cigarette users ¨ _____ heart disease ¨ Higher ________ (about 4 x)
PREGNANCY n Smoking mother ¨ Average baby is 1 lb. _____ & 1 inch _______ ¨ More ______ births ¨ More ______________ n ______ who live with smokers fall between ¨ ______ - >2 ½ x’s
FINANCIAL Cost of pack = $____ X 365=____ n Hidden ____ n ¨ Increase n in insurance ______ Smoker and family are _______ more often (immune syst) ¨ More ______ illnesses ¨
FINANCIAL n INSURANCES CONT. ______ insurance (30% of home fires) n _______ vehicle n ____ n ¨ Loss of income ______ from work more often n _____ sooner-family suffers n
TOBACCO n PEOPLE QUIT TO IMPROVE _____ ¨ IF n NOT THEY _____ People are starting at the rate of __ million per _____
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