Tobacco Unit Mr Hager 7 th Grade Health

Tobacco Unit Mr. Hager 7 th Grade Health

How is tobacco used? • Cigarettes • Cigars • Chewing Tobacco • Pipe • Hookah

Ingredients • Over 4, 000 chemicals • Nicotine ▫ Stimulant that causes the addiction • Tar ▫ Flavor of the cigarette ▫ Consists of 100+ known carcinogens (cancercausing agents) ▫ Forms a brown sticky substance that lines the lungs

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Ingredients

Ingredients • Polonium 210 ▫ 1 Pack of cigarettes a day for 1 year = 300 Chest x-rays!

Health Problems • Premature Death ▫ Each cigarette smoked takes 5 -10 minutes off of your life! ▫ How much time does a pack a day smoker lose in a day? A week? A month? A year? ▫ How much does it cost to smoke a pack a day? A week? A month? A year?

Health Problems • Chronic bronchitis • Emphysema – destroyed air sacs in lungs • Heart disease – increased heart rate and blood pressure, constricts blood vessels • Cancer – mouth, larynx, esophagus, lip, lung • Other – bad breath, dulled taste buds and smell, stained teeth, ulcers, premature wrinkling and balding, harms immune system, gum disorders, allergies, asthma and more………

Chewing Tobacco • Dip ▫ Placed between lip and gum

Chewing Tobacco • Chew or Chewing Tobacco ▫ Placed between cheek and gum

Reasons why people smoke • • Peer pressure Addicted Think it looks cool Parents smoke Celebrities/Role Models Smoke Media To rebel • Can you think of any other reasons?

How do you quit? • Nicotine Patch • Nicotine Gum • Cold Turkey • Electronic/Water Vapor Cigarettes

How do you quit? • Wooden Cigarette • Acupuncture • Hypnosis • Hotlines

Addiction • Tobacco is as addictive as cocaine and heroin • Withdrawal Symptoms ▫ ▫ ▫ Difficulty sleeping Crave nicotine Moody Nervous Hungry • Tolerance – body needs more of the drug for the same effect

Second-Hand Smoke • Smoke being inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others • Is second-hand smoke worse than smoking yourself?

Second-Hand Smoke • 2 types ▫ Sidestream – smoke from the burning end of the cigarette �Twice as much tar and nicotine and three times as many cancer-causing agents and carbon monoxide ▫ Mainstream – smoke the smoker exhales • Against the law in NJ to smoke inside a public place, such as a store, restaurant, bar and more…….

Smoking Stats • 88% of adult smokers start before the age of 18 • Only 18% of high school students have smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last month • Only 4% of middle school students have smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last month