What Kills the Most Americans Every Year Rank

What Kills the Most Americans Every Year? ® Rank them in order from 1 -10 ® AIDS ® Suicide ® Alcohol ® Fires ® Secondhand Smoke ® Heroin ® Tobacco ® Homicide ® Car Crashes ® Cocaine/Crack

What Kills the Most Americans Every Year? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Tobacco: 438, 000 Alcohol: 105, 000 Secondhand Smoke: 53, 000 Car Crashes: 49, 000 Suicide: 31, 000 AIDS: 31, 000 Homicide: 22, 000 Fires: 4, 000 Cocaine/Crack: 3, 300 Heroin: 2, 400

Tobacco and You What is it? How it affects your body? Costs of Tobacco!

The Big Killer ® Sold legally & unquestionably causes cancer ® Kills 1 out of 3 people who use it as intended! ® #1 leading cause of preventable death ® Largest epidemic & incident of fatal disease ® Millions suffer each year without actually dying

What is Tobacco? ®A plant ® Alone it does have nicotine ® After processing is more harmful. ® Made into powerful drug ® Tobacco picked*leaves dried*aged 2 -3 years*soaked in chemicals*product made

Chemicals in Tobacco ® 4, 000 chemicals used in cigarettes ® 53 chemicals are known to cause cancer ® List of harmful Chemicals (only a few) Nicotine-addictive drug in all tobacco products ® Tar-dark, thick, sticky substance when tobacco burns ® Carbon Monoxide-poisonous gas ® Ammonia ® Formaldehyde ® Cyanide ® Methanol ®

Different Forms of Tobacco ® Cigarettes Most common form tobacco used ® High risk for lung disease, lung cancer & emphysema ® ® Cigars and Pipes Produce more tar ® Greater risk for cancers of lip, mouth & throat ® ® Smokeless Tobacco ground very fine sniffed or snuffed ® Higher risk for lip, tongue, mouth cancer ®

Nicotine’s Addictive Cycle ® ADDICTION-physical or mental need for a drug or substance ® ® ® 2 minutes for nicotine to reach brain after inhaled Absorbed into bloodstream-blood pressure rises & heart rate increases to 33 beats per minute Oxygen supply decreases & blood circulation decreases to extremities ® Physiological need for drug dependence-body feels direct ® Psychological dependence-mind sends body message it needs more of the drug ® Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

The Costs of Tobacco ® About 25% of population ® Adults & teens smokes ® Personal ® $6. 64 pack (Pack a day= $2, 424 per year) ® Medical costs/Dental costs ® Clothing costs ® Society ® Higher medical costs/Medical Insurance premiums ® Lost wages from illnesses & death ® Taxes spent caring for sick ® Affects of second hand smoke

FACTS ® Second hand smoke-smoke inhaled by nonsmokers ® 3, 000 deaths per year from secondhand smoke ® Passive Smoker-people who don’t smoke but exposed to tobacco smoke on a regular basis ® Mainstream smoke-smoke the smoker exhales ® Sidestream smoke-smoke that comes from burning end of cigarette Most dangerous ® Smoke that secondhand “smokers” inhale ®

More Facts ® ® ® ® Replace 2 million customers a year ® Death ® Quit 730, 000 New underage smokers each year 3, 000 youth become regular smokers daily 1/3 die prematurely 90% smokers start before age of 19 (legal age) 10% smokers started after age 19 Average of 1 st time user 12. 5 years old UTAH STATISTICS ® ® 60% start by age 14 190, 000 smokers in Utah 15% of youth in Weber County Smoke 81. 5% would like to QUIT

How it affects the Body? ® Personal Appearance ® Nervous System ® Respiratory System ® Circulatory System ® Digestive System