Tobacco Marijuana Nicole Mc Closkey Grade 5 Effects
Tobacco & Marijuana Nicole Mc. Closkey Grade: 5
Effects of Tobacco Smoking: Nicotine • Primary drug in tobacco • Acts as a stimulant on the heart and nervous system • Blood loses some of its ability to carry oxygen
Effects of Tobacco • Contains tars • Lung cancer and other cancers • Higher rates of coronary heart disease • Emphysema and other respiratory diseases • Cancer of the mouth, larynx, and esophagus
Secondhand Smoke and Sidestream Smoke • Sidestream smoke comes from a burning cigarette • Secondhand smoke is exhaled from the smoker • Secondhand smoke causes 8, 000 -26, 000 new cases of asthma in children a year
Why People Smoke • Adult modeling • Peer pressure • There advertisements everywhere • Free samples • Habit caused by the nicotine (addictive) • Scenarios • What should you do? • If it is hard for you to refuse cigarettes directly, what are other things you could try?
Ways to get out of peer pressure • Suggest something else to do • Make a joke of it. Say • Do something else instead. But, • Use the health approach • Exit. Leave the situation. • Reverse the pressure. • Hang out with non-users. • Other ideas (something healthy and safe). make sure others know they are welcome to join you (in case they are looking for a way out of the situation too). something quick and witty
Reducing the Hazards of Smoking • Do not smoke • Stop smoking • Avoid second hand smoke
Marijuana: Effects • Problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination, and increased heart rate. • Heart attack • Cancer
Medical Marijuana • Glaucoma • Reduce nausea in cancer patients • Appetite stimulant • Seizures, spasticity, and other nervous system disorders • Muscle- relaxant action
Sources • http: //web. wnlsd. ca/student_health/Students%20 Working%20 Against%20 Tobacco/Peer%20 Pressure%20 and%20 Refusal%20 Skills%20 Aug%2030. pdf
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