1. Spit Tobacco Spit Tobacco Resisting Pressure to use Tobacco

2. Statement of Objective After evaluating what tobacco products can do to a person, you will choose not to use tobacco products. Students will work in Groups to encourage people not to use tobacco products

3. Smokeless (Spit) Tobacco Chewing tobacco is chopped tobacco that is chewed. Snuff is powdered tobacco and is placed between the cheek & gum.

4. Twist is a flavored chewing tobacco that has been braided and twisted into rope-like strands. Plug. This is chewing tobacco that has been pressed into a brick shape, often with the help of syrup, such as molasses, which also sweetens the tobacco

5. (He or She) chews the wad & spits out the tobacco juice or swallows it.

6. In the U.S. chewing tobacco has long been associated with baseball. Players chewed it to keep their mouths moist, spit it into their gloves to soften them up,

7. Who Chews? 20% of high school boys 2% of high school girls 2% of high school girls 12 to 14 million American users, 12 to 14 million American users, 1/3 are under age 21 Half developed the habit before the age of 13. Half developed the habit before the age of 13.

8. Risk associated with smokeless tobacco Bad Breath Black & Hairy tongue Permanently stained teeth (either yellow, brown, or black), Ground down teeth Cavities

9. Risk associated with smokeless tobacco Cancer of the tongue or gums Cracking and bleeding lips and gums Receding gums, which can eventually make your teeth fall out teeth Tooth loss

13. Chemicals in Spit Tobacco NicotineUranium 235 Pesticides Sodium: NickelSugar Benzopyrene (Cancer-causing) Flavoring Agents Lead Fiberglass & Sand

14. Video What reasons were given to Gruen that convinced him to start using spit tobacco? How many surgeries did Gruen have to have in six years? What was his survival rate? Explain what doctors did to him during one of his surgeries to save his life?

15. FETAL SMOKING SYNDROME Birth defects in a baby born to a mother who smokes during pregnancy. The mother increases the risk of the baby having A premature birth A premature birth A baby with a low birth weight A baby with a low birth weight

16. Places that offer tobacco cessation programs 1. American cancer society 2. American lung association 3. American Heart association 4. Local hospital 5. Health department