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“The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco THE WAR ON TOBACCO Tobacco related illnesses kill more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined. “The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco

“The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco What’s in a Cigarette? Cigarette smoke is a toxic mix of over 7000 chemicals. “The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco

What’s in a Cigarette? AMMONIA: Found in cleaning products. LEAD: Found in old paint. CADMIUM: Found in batteries. FORMALDEHYDE:Found in embalming fluid. CARBON MONOXIDE: Found in car exhaust. AMMONIA--found in Toilet Bowl Cleaner All images: “ The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco

NICOTINE ! ! ! A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG! What’s in a Cigarette? NICOTINE ! ! ! A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG! Nicotine reaches your brain within 10 seconds! ALL tobacco products contain nicotine! “The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco

How Tobacco Affects the Body Hmm..? What happens to you and your body when you use tobacco even for a short time?

Sticky Person Activity Smelly Clothes Difficulty Breathing Bad Breath Holes in Clothes Affects Taste Stained Fingers Stains on Clothes Zoo Breath Coughing Litter Hurling Fire Hazzard Affects Smell Yellow Teeth Smelly Hair Hacking

Coughing/Hacking Hurling & Phlegm shutterstock_136809839 shutterstock_197252966 When you use tobacco--blood that’s thick and dirty with toxins, circulates through your body in seconds.

BAD BREATH—ZOO BREATH SMELLY CLOTHES & HAIR Smoking makes your “ The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco Fotolia_88996391_S Why Quit.com Smoking makes your breath smell like an ashtray.

YUK! Yellow Teeth and Fingers shutterstock_355126142 “ The Real Cost” www.fda.gov/tobacco

Difficulty running and breathing Fotolia_71421062_XS Affects your taste and smell shutterstock_236210299

Addiction takes away your ability to choose. It only takes two or three cigarettes to become addicted! Addiction takes away your ability to choose. WhyQuit.com

How Tobacco Affects the Body—Long Term Addiction How Tobacco Affects the Body—Long Term Wrinkles Cataracts Mouth Cancers Skin Damage Throat Cancer Psoriasis Heart Disease Lung Disease Stomach Ulcers Image courtesy of BC Ministry of Health

Long Term Effects of Tobacco By Ojj! 600 at sv.wikipedia

Other Tobacco Products Chew Spit Snuff Little Cigars Cigarillos All come in kid friendly flavors! Dissolvables: Orbs Lozenges Strips Sticks Snus

are bad for your health. Other Tobacco Products E-Cigarettes ENDS Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Hookas Water Pipes Fotolia_61952155_XS . Tobacco/Nicotine products in any shape or flavor are bad for your health.

Exposure to SHS can cause: Secondhand Smoke Non-smokers who breathe in SHS take in nicotine and toxic chemicals the same way smokers do. Exposure to SHS can cause:  asthma  bronchitis  pneumonia  respiratory infections  ear infections shutterstock_40740250

There is NO safe level of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. CDC Media Campaign Resource Center. There is NO safe level of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.

Smokers run slower and can’t run as far. Straw Breathing Activity Remember what collects in your lungs when you use tobacco? (Hint: tar and mucus) Let’s see how it feels to have emphysema or bronchitis by placing a straw in your mouth, holding your nose, and running in place. http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/RiG/7Gg/RiG7GgKiL.gif Smokers run slower and can’t run as far.

You can say “NO” to peer pressure!

Reasons People Use Tobacco Image Kids start using tobacco because they THINK it: Is glamorous Makes them look older Is cool Will make them popular http://www.wellnessproposals.com/tobacco/posters/poser.png

Tobacco/Nicotine is actually a STIMULANT! Reasons People Use Tobacco Relaxation Tobacco/Nicotine is actually a STIMULANT! It speeds up the heart rate It increases blood pressure Revs up the body www.imagesbuddy.com/images/128/2014/01/smoking-helps-you-relax-grave-graphic.jpg

Do the math!!! Cost of Tobacco Use The cost of a pack of cigarettes ranges from $4.00 to $11.00 How much would you spend? Do the math!!!

Wow! That’s a lot of money! Cost of Tobacco Use $5 per pack x 7 days = $35 per week x 4 weeks = $140 per month x 12 months = $1,680 per year x 10 years = $35/week $140/month $1,680/year $16,800 Wow! That’s a lot of money!

What else could you buy with this money? upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Pitbike_riders.jpg www.clipartpanda.com/categories/college-bound https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Hydrogen_bicycle.jpg pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2015/11/07/21/48/iphone-1032783_960_720.jpg

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising In just one hour — the time it takes to present Tar Wars to your classroom— the tobacco industry will spend more than $1 million on marketing created to get people to start using their products. 

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising Movies, TV & The Internet   47% of PG-13 rated movies show tobacco use. TV shows do it too!   Examples of PG-13 Movies Containing Tobacco Use • Terminator Genisys, 2015 • The Lazarus Effect, 2015 • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 2014 • Transformers: Age of Extinction, 2014 • X-men: Days of Future Past, 2014 • Men in Black 3, 2012 Examples of Television Shows Containing Tobacco Use • Family Guy (1999 to present) • Gossip Girl (2007 to 2012) • The Simpsons (1989 to present)   By Oxfordian Kissuth (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons   Cruella De Vil concept art by Marc Davis-www.flickr.com Cruela DeVille in 101 Dalmations

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising They need to replace them… they want YOU ! Tobacco companies lose 3000-5000 customers every day! Taken July 2016 in Oregon, Wisconsin by Nina Gregerson

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising Tobacco companies introduce products that are packaged to look and taste like candies, mints, and gum to entice young buyers. www.tobaccofreekids.org/content/tobacco_unfiltered/2013_10/2013_10_31_halloween.jpg http://www.tfp-marion.org/images/candy_tobacco.jpg They must think you are not very smart!

Tobacco companies don’t want you to know the truth! Marketing-Movies, Television & The Internet The TRUTH is…… The TRUTH is…… Tobacco companies don’t want you to know the truth! Using tobacco is NOT cool. It is gross and disgusting. Tobacco can make you sick. Or even kill you. www.adbusters.org

Use your knowledge to make good choices about your health! What Did You Learn Today? Knowledge is power! Use your knowledge to make good choices about your health! Remember all the good things you will enjoy when you stay TOBACCO FREE!

Poster Contest PRIZES!!!!! Posters should: Reinforce the Tar Wars tobacco-free message Emphasize the positive aspects of being tobacco-free Be colorful and neat Use correct grammar and punctuation PRIZES!!!!! FIRST PLACE $500 Cash Prize for the student $500 Cash Prize for the teacher/school Poster featured in the Tar Wars Calendar 2ND-12TH PLACES $100 for the students $150 for the teachers/schools Posters featured in the Tar Wars Calendar ALL ENTRANTS (one per school) Personalized T-shirt and Certificate Madalyn Schutte 2012 Idaho Tar Wars Poster Contest

THANK YOU! for participating in Tar Wars is supported in part by grants from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Idaho Millennium Fund.