Some Truths about Tobacco Use Module 5

3Tobacco 101: Module 5 Some Truths about Tobacco Use Nicotine is a highly addictive drug. Like heroin or cocaine, nicotine changes the way your brain works and causes you to crave more and more nicotine. It is possible to overcome nicotine’s power. There are resources that can help you quit. Quitting tobacco use is hard but not impossible.

4Tobacco 101: Module 5 Some Truths about Tobacco Use Nicotine narrows your blood vessels and puts added strain on your heart. Smoking can harm lungs and reduce oxygen available for muscles used during sports. Exercise and healthy eating do not protect against tobacco’s harm.

5Tobacco 101: Module 5 Some Truths about Tobacco Use In North Carolina, most teens have never tried a cigarette. This means that nearly three-fourths of middle schoolers and more than half of high schoolers have never smoked a cigarette, not even a puff. Most teens have never used tobacco products.

Tobacco 101: Module 56 Some Truths about Tobacco Use Slide 3: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Slide 4: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Smoking and Tobacco Use.” Slide 5: –North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services “North Carolina 2009 Youth Tobacco Survey: High School Fact Sheet.” e.pdf –U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: What It Means to You. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. References

Tobacco 101: Module 57 Some Truths about Tobacco Use Slides 1 and 2: Photographs courtesy of iStockphoto. Slide 3: Photograph courtesy of Fotosearch, LLC. Illustration courtesy of RTI International. Slide 4: Illustration courtesy of Comstock/Photos.com. Slide 5: Illustration courtesy of RTI International. Photographs are used for illustrative purposes only, and any persons depicted are models. Photograph Credits

Prepared by Sterling Fulton-Smith, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Sandhya Joshi, RTI International; Caley Burrus, Duke University; Ronny Bell, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity; and Barri Burrus, RTI International. March 2012