Tobacco Prevention

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? 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

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, which contains small amounts of nicotine After processing is harmful. Made into powerful drug Tobacco picked*leaves dried*aged 2-3 years*soaked in chemicals*product made

Chemicals Over 4,000 chemicals in Cigarettes 45 chemicals known to cause cancer Nicotine Tar-Dark thick sticky substance produced when tobacco burns Carbon Monoxide Ammonia Formaldehyde Cyanide

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

Forms of Tobacco Cont… Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery operated products designed to turn nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor. You then inhale the vapor. These products are often made to look like: Cigarettes Cigars Pipes Pens

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 dependence-body feels direct need for drug Psychological dependence-mind sends body message it needs more of the drug Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

Cost of Tobacco About 25% of population smokes Personal Society Adults & teens Personal $6.00 pack ($2,184 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

Personal Economic Impact Many smokers continue to smoke for many years, the following chart is based on a $6.00 pack of cigarettes

FACTS 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 age of 1st 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

Current data for cigarette smoking in Weber-Morgan County

Terms to Know Second hand smoke- smoke inhaled by nonsmokers Passive Smoker- people who don’t smoke but exposed to tobacco smoke Mainstream smoke- smoke the smoker exhales Side stream smoke- smoke that comes from burning end of cigarette 3,000 deaths per year from secondhand Class A carcinogen Pound for Pound children take in more air than adults No safe level of exposure $50 billion annually for tobacco caused illnesses

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