1. Should smoking be banned from all public places?

2. Should someone who smokes have to pay more for their health insurance?

3. Should people be required to pay higher taxes on cigarettes than they already pay? If so, where should the money go?

4. Should a company be allowed to fire an employee who smokes
Should a company be allowed to fire an employee who smokes? Under what circumstances, if any?

5. Should people who develop lung cancer or other fatal disease from smoking be allowed to sue the tobacco companies?

6. Tobacco What is tobacco?
What are the FOUR major harmful substances found in tobacco? Effects of smoking on the body

7. Tobacco, a large-leafed plant, is processed into…
CHEWING TOBACCO
CIGARETTES
PIPE TOBACCO
CIGARS

8. 4 Major Harmful Ingredients in Tobacco
NICOTINE
A stimulant that raises the heart rate and blood pressure
TAR
A black, sticky fluid which destroys cilia in the respiratory tracts leaving the smoker open to infection

9. Cancer causing chemicals
CARCINOGENS
Cancer causing chemicals
Cyanide
Formaldehyde
Arsenic
CARBON MONOXIDE:
a colorless, odorless gas that passes through the lungs and into the bloodstream. This prevents the body from adequately carrying oxygen.

11. Paralyzes Cilia in the respiratory tracts
DIGESTIVE
NERVOUS
EXCRETORY
CIRCULATORY
Paralyzes Cilia in the respiratory tracts
- leads to emphysema
- lung cancer
- Mouth + stomach ulcers
- Cancer: mouth, stomach, throat, esophagus, pancreas
- Dulls taste buds
- Reduces flow of oxygen to the brain and can cause a stroke
- bladder cancer
- nicotine raises heart rate and blood pressure
- leads to heart disease = heart attack or stroke

12. Chronic cough and excessive mucous build up
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic cough and excessive mucous build up

13. Emphysema: air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) loose elasticity and less oxygen can be absorbed = more breaths are required. You usually use 5% of your energy to breathe; people with emphysema use 80% of their energy to breathe.

14. LUNG CANCER
Cancer cells begin growing in the irritated lining of the bronchi where cilia have been destroyed and mucous builds up.

15. Arteriosclerosis
Nicotine contributes to the build up of fatty deposits on the arterial walls.
3x greater risk of heart attack for smokers than non-smokers

16. Withdrawal Symptoms and Strategies for Quitting
Nervousness
Moodiness
Difficulty sleeping
Headaches
CHANTIX

17. REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What are the 4 major harmful ingredients found in smoking tobacco?
2. Please describe why someone can not breathe as easily when they develop emphysema. (What is happening in the lungs?)
3. What two harmful ingredients found in smoking tobacco are created as a result of lighting tobacco (burning it)?
4. Which two harmful ingredients found in smoking tobacco contribute more to cardiovascular disease? Which one contributes more to respiratory conditions?

18. Smokeless Tobacco – IS IT SAFER?
Why does someone often use smokeless tobacco over smoking tobacco?
…to avoid what?
…inhaling smoke
…and smokeless tobacco does not contain tar or carbon monoxide because it is not burnt

19. …Effect on Nonsmokers
Secondhand Smoke: air contaminated by tobacco smoke
Two Types
SIDESTREAM
Smoke from the tip of a burning cigarette
MAINSTREAM
Smoke that a smoker exhales

20. Smoking and Pregnancy
↑ chance of miscarriage, still birth, premature birth, etc.
Brain and nerve defects
Lower birth weight
Slow development/maturation
Higher risk of SIDS
Genetic predisposition to become a smoker
↑ risk of asthma and other respiratory diseases