Learning Targets Analyze the different forms of tobacco and their effects on the body. I can share ways of “kicking the habit” with others. Analyze positive and negative choices about using tobacco and how these choices can affect friends and family.

Tobacco Smoke is brought into the body through: Cigars – a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth.

Tobacco Smoke is brought into the body through: Pipes – used to inhale tobacco.

Electronic Cigarettes Also known as e-cigarettes, are battery-operated products designed to deliver nicotine, flavor and other chemicals. They turn chemicals, including highly addictive nicotine, into an aerosol that is inhaled by the user. More nicotine(24mg) No regulations by FDA

Smokeless Tobacco Snuff – finely ground tobacco that is snorted up your nose.

Smokeless Tobacco Snus: is a form of finely ground tobacco, often flavored, and sold in small tea-bag like pouches. Unlike other forms of moist snuff, Snus does not require spitting because it is placed between the upper lip and gum during use, where little saliva is produced. health/tobacco/facts/snus.aspx

Smokeless Tobacco Chewing Tobacco/Dip: comes in shredded, twisted, or "bricked" tobacco leaves; users put it between their cheek and gum.

Dissolvable Tobacco Orbs: an aspirin-sized table, is place on the tongue or between the cheek and gums. Strips: are small filmy strips that look like breath strips and are placed on the tongue. Sticks: are toothpick sized sticks that can be place in the mouth like a toothpick or broken up and put between the check and gum.

Dissolvable Tobacco

Tobacco use affects the health of anyone who is exposed to it: Secondhand smoke – mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of tobacco products and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Secondhand smoke pollutes the air around the smoker.

True or False Questions

True or False As a nonsmoker, you have the right to breathe air free of tobacco smoke.

True or False As a nonsmoker, you don’t have the right to ask people not to smoke around you.

True or False The federal government has passed many laws protecting nonsmokers’ rights.

Examples of Laws the federal government has passed: Since 1989, it has been illegal to smoke on domestic airplane flights.

Examples of Laws the federal government has passed: Restaurants have set aside specific areas for smokers or have banned smoking altogether.

Examples of Laws the federal government has passed: Smoking has also been banned in many offices, factories, towns and cities outdoor areas (beaches, children’s play areas, public gardens).

In the United States each year, secondhand smoke is responsible for: It is estimated that only 15% of cigarette smoke gets inhaled by the smoker. 85% of that smoke lingers in the air for everyone to breathe. If a person spends more than 2 hours in a room where someone is smoking, the nonsmoker inhales the equivalent of 4 cigarettes. Secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of disability and early death (after active smoking and alcohol) in the United States.

Where is Secondhand Smoke a problem? Work Public Places Home In the Car

Ways to Help Someone Quit Using Tobacco: Cold Turkey Method – the user stops all use of tobacco products immediately. Nicotine Replacement Therapies – these products assist a person in breaking a tobacco habit. Nicotine Gum Nicotine Lozenges Nicotine patches worn on the skin

Ways to Help Someone Quit Using Tobacco: Community Support Groups – programs to help users quit. American Cancer Society American Lung Association American Heart Association Schools

Think, Pair & Share If someone offers you tobacco, what would you say to refuse the tobacco? You will share your partner’s ideas in 2 minutes!

Encourage Teens to Avoid Using Tobacco! 1. Create a t-shirt design you would wear to encourage your peers to avoid using tobacco. 2. Example: Pack of Cigarettes $5.00 Chemotherapy $Thousands Never Starting... $PRICELESS