Chapter 12 - Lesson 2

Smoking – don’t get sucked in!!!  Tobacco use among adults has declined over 40% since  75% of adults DO NOT use tobacco  After a lawsuit in 1998, tobacco companies have agreed not to use cartoon characters and other methods that might attract children and teens.

Tobacco Addiction  Vocabulary Addiction – a physical or psychological need for a drug Physical dependence – type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug Psychological dependence – an addiction in which the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug

You Can Quit!  In 2000, 70% of teen smokers said they regretted having started  44 million American adults are now former smokers  In order to quit, tobacco users have to go through withdrawal.  Withdrawal – physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

Withdrawal  Physical Symptoms  Cravings  Headaches  Shakiness  Fatigue  Increase appetite  Nausea  Psychological Symptoms  Feeling irritable  Nervous  Anxious  Sad  Trouble thinking during day  Trouble sleeping at night

 Secondhand smoke – air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke  Mainstream smoke – smoke that a smoker inhales and then exhales  Sidestream smoke – smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe Sidestream smoke contains twice as much tar and nicotine as mainstream smoke

The Costs to Society  Public Health?  Nation’s Economy?  Pregnancy?  zIa6-Es zIa6-Es

Why do teens start using tobacco:  INTERNAL INFLUENCES:  Stress  Weight  Image  Independence  Peer acceptance  EXTERNAL INFLUENCES  Role models  Peers  Media  Advertising  Family member/ other adults

How not to start:  Choose friends who don’t use tobacco  Avoid situations where tobacco may be used  Use refusal skills

Strategies for Quitting  Vocabulary  Cold turkey – stopping all at once  Nicotine patch – medication that allows tobacco users to give up tobacco right away while gradually cutting down on nicotine

Ch. 12 Review  1. Name a cigarette that can be sold in health stores but even more dangerous as a regular cigarette.  BIDIS  2. The powerful, addictive drug found in tobacco leaves and all tobacco products.  Nicotine

 3. Name three external influences that causes teens to smoke.  Role models, media, family members  4. Dark, thick sticky liquid that forms when tobacco burns  Tar

 5. Tiny, hairlike structures that protect the lungs  Cilia  6. How does tobacco affect a pregnancy?  Cause low birth weight  Increase chances of SIDS  Premature birth

 7. Name short terms effects on the respiratory system caused from smoking.  Shortness of breath, coughing, frequent colds and flu, increases asthma and allergies  8. What is cold turkey?  Stopping all at once – way to quit

 9. What is another name for smokeless tobacco?  Chew  10. What are nicotine patches and gum used for?  Medications that help tobacco users quit

 11. Over time, the _________ that gets into a user’s lungs can make breathing difficult and lead to lung disease and cancer.  Tar  12. Once it passes from the lungs to the bloodstream, ___________ reduces the amount of oxygen that blood cells can carry.  Carbon monoxide

 13. What is a physical or psychological need for a drug?  Addiction  14. Name physical symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.  Head aches, nausea, fatigue

 15. To reach for some type of tobacco when beginning certain activities is a ____________ dependence.  Psychological  16. What type of smoke is exhaled from the lungs of a smoker?  Secondhand

 18. Name the smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette.  Sidestream  19. Name a strategy to avoid starting using tobacco.  Choose friends that do not use tobacco  Avoid situations where tobacco may be used  Use refusal skills

 20. List internal influences that may cause teens to smoke.  Stress, weight, image, peer acceptance, independence  21. Name the 5 forms of tobacco.  Cigarette, Cigar, smokeless, loose, specialty cigarette