Tobacco The dangers of tobacco use Vocabulary Addiction

Tobacco The dangers of tobacco use

Vocabulary • Addiction • A physically or psychological dependence on a substance • Stimulant • Increases the functions of the CNS, the heart rate, and other organs

• Carcinogens • Nicotine • Tar • Cancer causing agent • Addictive substance in tobacco • Sticky, yellow substance in burning tobacco

• Carbon Monoxide • Leukoplakia • Colorless, odorless, poisonous gas • Mouth irritation caused from direct contact w/tobacco

In 2010, 15% of high school males use smokeless tobacco In 2010, 19. 1% of all teens in high school smoke ***In 2009 (in Georgia), 16. 9% of teens in high school smoked. CDC. gov

• 85% of adult smokers started before the age of 18 • 73% of high school seniors using smokeless tobacco began using before 9 th grade • The average of first exposure to tobacco is 11 years

***What’s in a Cigarette? • Each puff of a cigarette contains more than 43 carcinogens. 1. Cyanide 2. Formaldehyde 3. Arsenic 4. Nicotine

***Nicotine ***Tar • Stimulant • Addictive • Increases BP • Increases HR • Destroys cilia • Low tar cigarettes are still harmful to the smoker because the smoker tends to inhale more deeply and smoke more

***Tobacco use is linked to… • Increased risk of heart disease • Increased risk of stroke • Chronic bronchitis • Emphysema • Increased risk of many types of cancer • High BP • Impotence • Premature wrinkling of the skin

Other Forms of Tobacco • Cigar • Pipe and cigar smoking • Inhale less • More likely to develop cancers to the lip, throat, and mouth • ***More tar is generated by pipes and cigars

Respiratory Diseases • Chronic Bronchitis • A condition in which the bronchi are irritated • Cilia becomes useless • Tar from cigarette smoke builds up which result in chronic coughing and excessive mucous secretions

Emphysema • The destruction of the tiny air sacs in the lungs • The walls of the air sacs are destroyed and provide less total surface area which oxygen can be absorbed • More breaths are required • Healthy individual uses 5% energy to breath • Advanced emphysema patients uses 80% energy to breath

***Lung Cancer • Directly linked to smoking • #1 cause of cancer deaths in men • Begins as the bronchi are irritated by cigarette smoke • Cilia are destroyed • Extra mucous can not be expelled • Smoker develops a cough • Cancerous cells begin to grow • Cancer cells travel to other organs

***Circulatory System • Increase HR • 3 x greater risk of heart attack • Increase BP • Increases Cholesterol

***Smokeless Tobacco • Even though most • Nicotine in smokeless tobacco spit out the juices, some is still is as addictive as that in cigarettes swallowed causing digestive issues • People who chew or dip secrete more • Tobacco juices contain juices that salvia delay wound healing

• Tobacco and its byproducts are extremely irritating to the tissues of the mouth causing Leukoplakia • Oral cancer strikes about 30, 000 Americans annually (only 50% of its victims survive longer than 5 years)

Health. Risks • Discolored teeth • Greater tooth wear • Decrease in the users ability to • Gums pushed away from their smell and taste especially sweet teeth and salty foods • Roots of gum exposed • Bad breath

***Smoking During Pregnancy • Associated with small fetal growth • Increased chance of spontaneous abortion • Prenatal death/Increased still born birth • Carbon monoxide reduces the oxygen levels in the mother’s and fetus’ blood

• ***Sidestream Smoke the smoke that comes from a burning cigarette. (This has higher concentrations of carcinogens) • ***Mainstream Smoke the smoker blows off • ***Second hand smoke it is both Mainstream/Sidestream smoke