Addiction: Why Do Teens Smoke?

What is Addiction? When a person is dependent on a substance and it leads to negative impacts on their physical, social (school, friends/family, work), emotional or mental health.

Stages of Addiction Experimentation – use influenced by curiosity Social/Recreational – use is infrequent, no negative consequences Habituation – pattern of use; drug is in control Drug Abuse – continued used in spite of negative consequences Addiction – compulsion/loss of control

Tobacco Use: Elbow Partner Discussion Question #1 Who/What is responsible for teens beginning to smoke? Question #2 What effects does smoking have on teens who smoke? Question #3 What challenges do people face when trying to quit using tobacco?

Why Do Teens Smoke? Be cool Peer pressure Advertising Can quit if they want Object to hold Relaxation and stress relief Family members do Short term stimulant

Basic Cigarette Information 3000+ chemicals 40+ carcinogens - chemicals know to cause cancer Nicotine (stimulant) – increases actions of the CNS, raises blood pressure, increase heart rate. Tar – penetrates the airways & lungs (destroys cilia) Carbon Monoxide – unites with red blood cells preventing them from carrying oxygen to cells.

If Americans stopped smoking… Deaths from heart disease could be cut by almost one third! Saving more than 30,000 lives a year!!!

Environment Tobacco Smoke Passive Smoke – smoke inhaled by non- smokers Mainstream Smoke – what is blown off by the smoker Side stream Smoke – what comes from burning tobacco Third-hand smoke - smoke oxidized with nitrous acid to create nitrosamines that a carcinogen 

Chemical Exposure Acetone Acetic Acid Aluminum Ammonia Arsenic Benzene Butane Cadmium Copper DDT Dieldrin Formaldehyde Hexamine Hydrogen Cyanide Magnesium Methane Methanol Naphthalene Polonium 210 Silicon

Smoking’s Effects on the Body Nicotine (addictive substance) makes the heart work harder and speeds up the pulse Smoking constricts the blood vessels (poor circulation) Plaque builds up in the blood vessels Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) Raises blood pressure Increased risk of heart attack Increase risk of stroke

Smokeless Tobacco Sends 10 times the carcinogens into the bloodstream as cigarettes do 1 can of snuff = 60 cigarettes

Anatomy of a Smoker Stained Teeth & Hair Sore Throat Damaged Lungs Stained Fingers Reduced Fertility Drugged Brain Ruined Skin Stressed Heart

Smoke Gets in Your Body Circulatory - Stroke, Heart Attack Skeletal Increases heart rate 10-20 beats per minutes Increases force of heart contractions constricts (narrows) blood vessels while blood flow increases Increases blood pressure by 5-10 units http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYEFu-GKP4&feature=related Skeletal Osteoporosis

Smoking & Disease: Digestive Respiratory Mouth, Lip & Throat Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Respiratory Chronic Bronchitis Cilia become useless, tar builds up causing coughing Emphysema Tiny air sacs in lungs (through which oxygen is absorbed into the body) are destroyed Lung Cancer Cilia are destroyed and extra mucus cannot be coughed up. Cancerous cells grow in these conditions

Nervous System Affects the brain

Quitting can WORK!! 20 Minutes 8 Hours 24 Hours – 1 Day Blood Pressure = normal Pulse Rate = normal Temperature of hands & feet = normal 8 Hours Oxygen Levels in Blood Increase = normal 24 Hours – 1 Day Chance of Heart Attack decreases

After the First Day… 2 Days 3 Days 2 Weeks – 3 Months Nerve Endings start to re-grow Senses of taste and smell get better 3 Days Bronchiole tubes relax = easier to breathe Lung capacity increases 2 Weeks – 3 Months Circulation improves and walking is easier Lung function increases up to 30%

Over Months and Years… 9 Months 5 Years 10 Years Coughing, Sinus congestion, Shortness of breath get better Cilia re-grow in lungs = Lungs start to clean 5 Years Lung cancer death rate cut by HALF 10 Years Lung cancer death rate drops to 12/100,000 – the same rate as for non-smokers Precancerous cells are replaced by healthy cells

Smoking by Age and Sex

Smoking and Pregnancy Small, gray umbilical cords Low birth weight Increased chance of miscarriage Increased still-birth (fetus dies in womb) Growth and development of intellect and behavioral characteristics is adversely affected

Benefits to being tobacco free Able to breathe deep Able to take food and have full sense of smell Having endurance and energy Have cigarette money for other things Being free of addiction Reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and other respiratory illnesses Not causing air pollution for others around you

Kicking the Habit Support Target Triggers Exercise Avoid other addictions If you fall do not give up One day at a time

The Truth About Vaping: Is it Safe? Nicotine – addictive chemical Nitrosamines - carcinogen Dietylene glycol – poisonous liquid with a sweet taste CONCERNS: It’s unclear that e-cigs help smokers quit ? E- cigarettes may encourage non-smokers to become addicted to nicotine?

Smoking: Truth or Dare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdz9ls1gWVI (34 minutes)

Tobacco Game Show Which medical professional is the first to know if someone is chewing? Cigarettes are the leading cause of most ___? 90% of smokers began before the age of ? Most smokers die from _________ Tobacco industry spends how much on advertising? After 1 cigarette how long does it take for the chemicals to leave a room?

1. Dentist 2. Preventable Diseases 3. 17 4. Lung Cancer 5. 9.6 Billion 6.1 week

1. Dentist 2. Preventing Diseases 3. 17 4. Lung Cancer 5. 9.6 Billion 6.1 week

1. Dentist 2. Preventing Diseases 3. 17 4. Lung Cancer 5. 9.6 Billion 6.1 week

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HOMEWORK Due: Thursday On your blank “body” show how alcohol, and nicotine affect the body systems. Today: Info on Nicotine & Drugs Moving Towards: Relationships /Sexuality and AIDS/HIV