1. Tobacco Unit Objectives
Students will be able to:
*Identify short term and long term effects of smoking
*Choose strategies to avoiding smoking
*Explain addiction and its role in tobacco smoking
Define the 2 main chemicals in cigarette smoke
Identify messages that are put out by tobacco companies
Illustrate the effects of tobacco on the body

2. Tobacco

3. Tobacco Nicotine-highly addictive drug found in all tobacco products.
Stimulant- increases CNS, heart rate, and blood pressure
With in seconds of inhaling or chewing tobacco, nicotine enters the blood and reaches the brain.

4. Nicotine is Addictive
The main reason people continue to smoke is because of nicotine, a chemical in tobacco that is very addictive. They become dependent on this powerful drug.
The use of tobacco can result in life- threatening diseases

5. Cigarettes Most common tobacco product
Tobacco leaves are dried and chemicals added to them.
Thousands of chemicals enter your body
43 known carcinogens
Carcinogens- cancer causing agents

7. Why do some young people think smoking tobacco makes them cool or attractive? -More than 2.6 million kids under the age of 18 are current tobacco users.
Is this Attractive ?

8. 2 Main Components of Cigarette Smoke
Carbon Monoxide- colorless, odorless and poisonous gas.
The gas makes it hard for oxygen to reach the blood.
Tar- thick, sticky dark fluid produced when tobacco burns
It can coat airways and can cause cancer. (2,000-4,000 chemicals in tar)

9. Smokeless Tobacco
Smokeless Tobacco= chewing tobacco and snuff, held in mouth
Snuff- through the nose
Chew- between cheek and gum

10. Other Products Pipe tobacco, cigars, clove cigarettes
Smoke has higher levels of nicotine
Bidis- unfiltered cigarettes wrapped in brown leaves and tied with thread and come in flavors. Appealing to teens.

11. Harmful Effects Chronic Effects: remains with person for a long time.
Bad breath, smelly clothes and hair, discolored teeth, persistent coughing, excess mucus, discolored teeth, wrinkly skin
Shortness of breath
Cost $$$$$$$
FDA does not regulate and ingredients are not listed
Nearly 440,000 deaths per year
Early Effects: Can feel sick, immediately and smell of smoke
Brain Chemistry- addiction to nicotine
Increased heart rate and respiration
Dulled taste buds, reduced appetite

12. Effects of Tobacco- Lesson 2
Bell ringer:
Write some of the physical effects of smoking in your notes.
Activity:
Volunteer: Come up and write the physical effects of smoking on a sticky note, and post it on your body.

13. Effects of smokeless tobacco
Gum disease- bacterial growth in mouth.
Leukoplakia- white, leathery spots in mouth that can cause oral cancer

14. Environmental Tobacco Smoke- ETS
Non Smokers
Eye irritation
Headache
Coughing
Asthma
ETS is just as harmful
to health

15. Long Term Effects of Tobacco Use
Cancer- Smoking causes 20% of all cancers.
Carcinogens- cancer causing agent
Chronic bronchitis-
Due to tar buildup in lungs; causes chronic coughing
Emphysema-tiny air sacs in lungs get destroyed; hard to absorb O2
Heart Failure, stroke, death- constricts flow, plaque buildup, hardened arteries

17. Smokers lung vs. Non- Smokers

18. Effects on children Effects on unborn children Effects on children
Carbon Monoxide- lowers amount of O2 to fetus
Higher chance of miscarriage, preterm labor
2.5 more likely to die of SIDS
Effects on children
More respiratory problems
3x more likely to become smokers
2x more likely to develop cancer

19. Secondhand smoke:
Tobacco smoke breathed by nonsmokers.
Sidestream:
smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette or pipe.

20. Secondhand Smoke is Dangerous
People who breathe secondhand smoke can have the same health problems that smokers have.
Children of smokers have more respiratory illnesses than children of nonsmokers.

21. Addiction
Nicotine goes immediately to the brain and attaches to receptors causing increased heart rate and blood pressure.
Can get dizzy, nauseous from 1 cigarette
Tolerance- getting used to the drug.
Physical and psychological dependence
Withdrawal- the way the body responds when a dependent person stops using a drug

22. Threats to health and Wellness- Lesson 3
Bell Ringer:
Write a letter to a friend telling them about the dangers of smoking. Please include 5 side effects of smoking you have learned in class to get them to either quit or not try it.

23. Why do people use? Peer pressure
Modeling- basing your behavior on how others act
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24. Strategies to Prevent Use
Choose friends who don’t smoke
Avoid situations where it is used
Practice refusal skills

25. Reasons to give up use Health problems $$
Difficult to obtain- under age 18
Realize effects of 2nd hand smoke
Have the desire to quit

26. New Graphic Warnings

27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zWB4dLYChM her story

29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5uWwVY5be0- psa

30. Why is quitting so tough?
Relapse- begin habit again
Nicotine is addictive and psychological and physical dependence play a part
Body changes to adapt to nicotine and is harder to live without

31. How can people stop using tobacco?
Many people who use tobacco realize that they should quit, but they are addicted to the nicotine. People who try to stop using tobacco may go through a period of withdrawal. This is a physical reaction from not having the drug and can include:
Headaches
Be unable to sleep
Have a hard time concentrating
Irritability
People can get help by using patches or special gum to help them cut down and eventually stop using tobacco.

32. Planning to quit “Cold Turkey”
Cessation- stopping entirely and permanently
Changing habits-what they drink, eat, etc.
Nicotine replacement therapy- small amount of nicotine and help with withdrawal symptoms

33. Quitting
Never to early or late
Benefits felt immediately

34. How can we say NO!
Be honest with someone about why you don’t want to or like to smoke
Avoid tobacco environments
Be a positive influence to others
Get involved with an activity

35. Tobacco Ad Project

36. New Graphic Warnings
Explain why you agree or disagree with the new warning labels on cigarettes.
Do you think they will be effective in lowering tobacco use? If you said yes, how long will it take to reduce tobacco use?
Do the new warning violate free speech of the tobacco companies? Explain in at least 3 sentences.
Describe the 3-5 dangers of tobacco or cigarette smoking that you have learned in class.