1. Drug Education
Grade 5 health

2. Tobacco One single puff contains 4000 chemicals
43 of these chemicals are cancerous
More than 400,000 people die each year as a result of smoking related illnesses

3. Chemicals Nicotine: Addictive drug found in tobacco
Tar: A thick, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns
Carbon Monoxide: a colorless odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns

4. Chemicals Continued
Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended.
Currently there are ongoing lawsuits in the USA which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible for the effects of smoking on the health of long term smokers.
Benzene (petrol additive) A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia.
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems.
Ammonia (toilet cleaner) Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas, found in dry cleaning fluids.
Acetone (nail polish remover) Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover - found in cigarette smoke.
Tar Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs.
Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug) One of the most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non- medical poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes) An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts - it's the same gas that comes out of car exhausts and is the main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit. Others you may recognize are :
Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)

5. Respiratory system
Alveoli: Fragile elastic microscopic air sacs in the lungs where carbon dioxide from body cells and fresh oxygen from air are exchanged.
Emphysema is a disease that destroys alveoli.
Smokers are also between 12 and 22 times more likely to develop lung cancer

6. Digestive system Increase the risk of cavities and gum disease.
Dulls the taste buds and can cause stomach ulcers
Also linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, and pancreas.

7. Other systems Nervous: Reduces the flow of oxygen to the brain
Can lead to stroke
Circulatory : Linked to heart disease
Excretory: twice the risk of developing bladder cancer

8. Alcohol
Drug created by a chemical reaction in some foods, especially fruits and grains.

9. Effects of alcohol
Impairs judgement
Permanent damage to organs
Death

10. Brain Impaied judgement Reasoning Memory Concentration
Slows reaction time
Decreased coordination
Slurred speech
Distorted vision
Reduced inhibitions
Alcohol poisoning
Unconsciousness
Death

11. Heart
Increases Heart rate
Irregular heart beat
Heart muscle damage

12. Liver May cause cirrhosis
This is a scarring of the tissue in the liver
May cause liver cancer
Liver filters out 90% of the alcohol in the body

13. Kidneys Increased urination will lead to Dehydration
Headache and dizziness
Kidney failure may result from high blood pressure

14. Circulatory system
Enlarged blood vessels create a false sense of warmth
High Blood pressure and stroke

15. Stomach
Vomiting
Can lead to choking and death
Ulcers
Cancer

16. How it effects you Size and gender Food in stomach How fast you drink
Other substances in the body

17. Statistics Drunk driving accounts for 36 deaths per day
In violent interactions between men 20 percent were alcohol related
28 percent of suicides among children ages were alcohol related

18. Statistics cont.
Every day, on average, 11,318 American youth (12 to 20 years of age) try alcohol for the first time
Children who are drinking alcohol by 7th grade are more likely to report academic problems, substance use, and delinquent behavior in both middle school and high school. 
By young adulthood, early alcohol use was associated with employment problems, other substance abuse, and criminal and other violent behavior.

19. Statistics cont.
Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at 21.
More than 1,700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year—about 4.65 a day—as a result of alcohol-related injuries

20. Alcoholism Becomes drunk often Drinks alone
Stops participating on other activites so that he or she can drink
Acts like a different person when drinking
Makes excuses for drinking
Promises to quit and does not
Refuses to admit how much he drinks or hides drinking
Experiences blackouts

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