1. -Guided Notes: Quitting Tobacco Use -Activity: Script Writing
Today’s Agenda
-Guided Notes: Quitting Tobacco Use
-Activity: Script Writing
-Exit Ticket
HOMEWORK: “Up in Smoke”

2. Quitting Tobacco

3. "I'm so happy I stopped smoking"

4. The Cost of Smoking In 1 year... $3,650.00 In 5 years... $18,250.00
The cost of smoking is not only monetary. What are some of the costs we have discussed in class so far?
The age to legally purchase tobacco products is 18
Today, a pack of cigarettes cost almost $10 a pack
So let's say at age 18, someone becomes a pack a day smoker...
In 1 year... $3,650.00
In 5 years... $18,250.00
In 10 years... $36,500.00
In a lifetime (age 85) ... $244,550.00
The Cost of Smoking

5. A pack a day or a Ferrari?

6. Nicotine Withdrawal
Symptoms:
Cravings to smoke
Irritable, cranky
Insomnia
Fatigue
Inability to Concentrate
Headache
Cough
Sore throat
Constipation, gas,
& stomach pain
Dry mouth
Sore tongue and/or gums
Postnasal drip
Tightness in the chest
a term used to describe the effects felt by a person who is nicotine dependent and suddenly stops or significantly reduces his/her nicotine intake.

7. ONLY 50% OF SMOKERS WHO TRY AND QUIT ARE SUCCESSFUL!
Strategies to help
Many people use nicotine substitutes when first deciding to quit. These are products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the user’s system while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco habit.
Gum, patches, nasal spray, inhalers, lozenges.
Others try to quit “cold turkey”
ONLY 50% OF SMOKERS WHO TRY AND QUIT ARE SUCCESSFUL!

8. Please HELP! I need to quit

9. Tips for quitting Pick a date to stop using tobacco products
Get support and encouragement
Identify health-related services in the community
Replace tobacco with a healthier alternative

10. Help a friend or loved one STOP!
S: show concern. Approach the person in a caring nonjudgemental way. Use I messages.
T: take a time to plan. Put a plan on paper. Help the person set objectives and goals for strategies to stop smoking and to cope with tobacco cravings.
O: offer support. Put the plan into action. Be involved in person’s journey to quitting. Ride a bike together, attend a meeting, shoot some hoops, be a listening ear.
P: promote success. Let the person know you are proud of their choice for quitting. Let the person know they are doing great and celebrate milestones in the quitting process. Always provide ENCOURAGMENT.

11. Immediate and Long- Term effects of quitting smoking.

13. The Truth

14. Lights, Camera, Action!
With a partner, come up with a script for a situation in which a non-smoker is trying to convince a smoker to quit smoking or using tobacco products.
On a piece of lined paper, create a script using AT LEAST 4 facts learned in class
Make sure to include both your names and period at the top of the paper- IT WILL BE COLLECTED
Creativity Counts :)
Only volunteers will have to read their scripts aloud

15. Bellringer Bellringer: What are 2 methods for quitting tobacco use?
Think about it: What do you think is a reason people start using tobacco to begin with?

16. Tips from a former smoker