TOBACCO OBJ: I will analyze the various forms of tobacco and their harmful effects
Musical Desks Goal: Form opinions and state previously learned knowledge on tobacco related topics
What do you see?
Bryan Curtis: Age: 33 This picture was taken 2 months before he died
Journal Write : Read & Reflect Tobacco Scholar: Why would a teenager begin smoking with so much knowledge on the negative effects of tobacco? What are the negative effects of tobacco on the body? Collegiate: What are the negative effects of tobacco on the body? Genius: Explore the past and present influence of tobacco on social and economic life in North Carolina and it’s impact on individual health?
Show me the Money A pack of cigarettes cost $5.50. John bought a pack a day for the past 10 years. How much money has John spent on cigarettes in the past 10 years? If John did not spend this money on cigarettes, he could have invested it in the bank. Imagine that he did invest the money in the bank at an interest rate of 3%. How much money would John have at the end of the year?
Early Smoking Advertisements (1920s -1950s)
Early Smoking Advertisements (1960s) In 1965, Congress required all cigarette packaging in the United States to carry a health warning. In 1970, cigarette advertising on television and radio was banned
Smoking Advertisements Today p
Camel Advertisement
Newport Advertisment
Restrictions Today No gifts based on purchase No free samples No sponsorships No advertising at events No use of cartoons in advertisements No distribution of tobacco branded products No targeting of youth No advertising on billboards
What is in cigarette smoke? Formaldehyde: Preserving Dead Organs Mercury: Batteries Nicotine:Pesticide Stearic Acid: Candle Wax Ammonia:Household cleaner Acetaldehyde: Perfume Acetone: Nail polish remover Aluminum: Drink cans Arsenic: Rat poison Carbon Monoxide: Tail pipe of car Lead: Pencils Picolines: Horse Urine Skatole: Feces (poop) DDT: Insecticides Copper: Pennies
CLUE Clue: John has smoked cigarettes since age 19. He has drastically reduced his smoking to 5 cigarettes a day due to the health of his grandchildren.
Forms of Tobacco
Dissolvable Tobacco Appeals to youth with candy-like appearance sticks, pellets, and strips
Dissolvable Tobacco Clip
Snus Small bag of tobacco placed btw the upper gum and lip Smokeless and spitless
Snus Commercial
Chewing Tobacco Placed btw cheek and gum or teeth and chewing Must be crushed with teeth
Dried Snuff snorted through nose
“New” Cigarettes New size and new color but same tobacco with same harmful effects “Reduced carcinogen cigarettes”: unproven Some of these cigarettes may claim to be safer because the tobacco “heats” instead of “burns”
E-Cigarette Battery operated cigarette which contains nicotine but not the harmful chemicals in tobacco The vapors are a mix of water, nicotine, and artificial smoke
E-cigarette commercial
Hookahs Water pipes used for smoking flavored and sweetened blend of tobacco called shisha There is a false belief that the water filters toxins from the tobacco smoke
Little Cigar, Cigarillos and Cigars If smoke is not inhaled, nicotine and toxins are absorbed through the lining of the mouth Longer smoking time results in high exposure to toxins
New cigarette labeling in 2012?
In Canada, smoking has decreased by 20% in the past 11 years. In the year 2000, Canada required all cigarette companies to display these labels. Will it make a difference in the United States?
Federal court strikes down FDA tobacco warning label law “the requirements were a violation of free speech protections” The FDA failed to present any data showing that enacting their proposed graphic warnings will accomplish the agency's stated objective of reducing smoking rates.
Anti-smoking Advertisements Today
Anti-Smoking Commercial (England)
Australian Anti-Smoking Commercial
Anti-Tobacco Commercial (Australia) Everybody Knows Smoking Kills
North Carolina Anti-tobacco commercial
Terri’s last commercial
Tobacco Advertisement With a partner, analyze 2 tobacco advertisements What message is the ad sending? Is this message accurate? Are anti-tobacco ads powerful? Why?