5/21/20151 Tobacco – The Truth!

Consequences of Smoking: On your Task Sheet draw a smoker: –What does that person look like? Inside and outside –Label specific characteristics they possess 5/21/20152

3 Tobacco: What is it? Tall, leafy plant Leaves can be burned and inhaled: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smoke, etc Can be absorbed through the mouth: chew Nicotine is the drug in tobacco Nicotine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant

5/21/20154 Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE? Physical Addiction: Alters brain functioning –Most people smoke compulsively; few people can smoke occasionally. Nicotine is a ‘reinforcing’ drug – Many smokers continue to smoke in order to avoid painful withdrawal symptoms. Dangerous effects not obvious in the beginning.

5/21/2015 Why is Tobacco ADDICTIVE? Psychosocial addiction: Smoking gives pleasure –Tactile & oral –A “quick fix” for anxiety, anger, stress Social pressure –First experience with tobacco usually is not pleasant. Fewer external pressures to quit than with other drug addictions. –No immediate danger of losing their jobs or families due to their addiction.

5/21/20156 What is in a Cigarette “Cancer Stick”……

Cigarette Ingredients 5/21/20157

8 Cigarette Ingredients… Chemicals 43 Carcinogens Tar, Ammonia, Caffeine, Chocolate, Ethyl Alcohol, Menthol, Cyanide, Benzene, Formaldehyde, Arsenic – rat poison Lead – once used in paint Polonium 210 – found in nuclear waste Urea – found in urine Added for you... Poisons are added for flavor……………

Cigarette Ingredients: 5/21/20159

Consequences of Smoking Share you task sheet drawings –How is a smoker effected internally? –How is a smoker effected externally? 5/21/201510

Health Effects…… CANCER Lung Cancer –Smoking causes 90% of lung cancer deaths in women –Smoking causes 80% of lung cancer deaths in men –Risk of lung cancer 23 times higher among men who smoke cigarettes, and 13 times higher among women who smoke Cancer of all body parts 5/21/201511

Health Effects... HEART DISEASE Coronary heart disease –Cigarette smokers are 2–4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers. Smoking doubles a person’s risk for stroke. Smoking causes reduced circulation; narrows blood vessels. 5/21/201512

5/21/ More Health Effects….. About 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung diseases are attributable to cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects. –Increased risk for infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). How important is life... Ask yourself this, “Do you need to breath?” if you said, “NO”, then go for it, smoke, smoke a ton!

More Health Effects … Secondhand smoke –Each hour a non-smoker is around a smoker the non-smoker receives the same negative effects of smoking one cigarette. 5/21/201514

5/21/ Extra Benefits of Smoking…… Wrinkles Premature aging Yellow teeth Gum disease Bad breathe Smelly clothes Loss of taste & smell WOW…..how lucky!

5/21/ Statistics 3,000 American kids become regular smokers a day 438,000 Americans die each year from cigarettes 160,000 Americans get lung cancer from cigarettes 10 times greater to get lung cancer than non- smoker Twice as likely to develop heart disease 1/5 deaths in this country is caused from tobacco

In Washington State … Adult smoking rate has dropped to a new low –Dropped 26% since % of adult residents smoke (2007) 6 th lowest smoking rate among all states 20% of 12 th graders smoke –If a person does not try tobacco before the age of 18 it is unlikely they will ever become a user

Emphysema Destroys the air sacs of the lungs (alveoli) Alveoli lose elasticity and absorb less oxygen More breaths needed to get oxygen People with emphysema use 80% of their energy just to breathe in comparison to the normal 5%. 5/21/201518

EMPHYSEMA VIDEO 5/21/201519

Video Reflection Questions… 1. What did you learn from this movie? 2. Why is this information important? 3. What will you do with this learned information? 4. What is your emotional response to this story? 5. Do you think this story pains an accurate picture of what it’s like to suffer from emphysema? Explain your answer. 5/21/201520

Straw Breathing Activity … Get an idea of how difficult your life would be if you had emphysema! 5/21/201521

EXTRA CREDIT!!! INTERVIEW 5/21/201522

5/21/ Now that you know the facts, do you still think tobacco products are ok?????