HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE AMELIA EARHART PHYSICAL EDUCATION Project RAD

TOBACCO  Smoking behaviors often begin in adolescence  Advertisements encourage the idea that these behaviors are acceptable Smoking can have devastating effects on health

WHY PEOPLE USE TOBACCO  Most adolescents do not believe there is a great risk in smoking cigarettes  Friends and family smoke  Experimentation  Low self-esteem, susceptibility to peer pressure  Sensation-seeking, rebelliousness, anxiety

TYPES OF TOBACCO  Cigarettes  Cigars  Pipes  Chewing tobacco  Snuff (more finely cut or powdered for sniffing or dipping)

What is in a Cigarette?

YOU SHOULD KNOW  Smokers are more likely to die from heart attack or stroke  Women who take birth control pills and smoke increase their risk of heart attack several times  “Light” cigarettes do not lower the risk of heart disease  After quitting, recovery time for heart attack risk to reach that of a non- smoker is 3-9 years

Smoking and the Heart!!

WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE TOBACCO  Nicotine addiction  It becomes a habit  It is perceived as pleasurable Arousing and provides energy Helps concentration and lifts mood Reduces anger, tension, depression, and stress

Smoking effects the Brain!

EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE  Acute bronchitis  Chronic bronchitis  Pneumonia  Emphysema  Cardiovascular disease (hypertension and stroke)  Cancer  Periodontal disease  Osteoporosis

Smoking and your Lungs!!

A full jaw or half? You decide!

SUMMARY  Tobacco use often begins during adolescence  Tobacco has harmful effects to the fetus or unborn child  Nicotine and THC harms the mind (brain) and body systems.  Tobacco has harmful chemicals  Nicotine is an addictive psychoactive drug