1. Tobacco Notes

2. Nicotine Nicotine – (stimulant) drug in tobacco products
- 10 seconds to reach the brain (crosses the blood-brain barrier)
Forms: smoked, insufflated (nasal spray), chewed, transdermal (through the skin)
#1 addiction in the U.S.
Nicotine

3. Cigarettes & Second Hand Smoke
50 million addicted to cigarettes
Carcinogen – Any cancer causing agent
Over 4,000 chemicals identified in tobacco smoke
Destroys healthy air sacs in lungs (injures lung tissue)
Second-hand smoke: more than 7,000 chemicals; about 70 that can cause cancer.
Useful Cigarette
Cigarettes & Second Hand Smoke

4. Little Cigar, Cigarillos and Cigars
If smoke is not inhaled, nicotine and toxins are absorbed through the lining of the mouth
Longer smoking time results in high exposure to toxins
Little Cigar, Cigarillos and Cigars

5. Electronic Cigarette: battery operated cigarette which contains nicotine but not the harmful chemicals in tobacco
The vapors are a mix of water, nicotine, and artificial smoke
E-Cigarette

6. Chewing Tobacco Placed btw cheek and gum or teeth and chewing
Must be crushed with teeth to release flavor and nicotine
Chewing Tobacco

7. Snus Small bag of tobacco placed btw the upper gum and lip
Smokeless and spitless
Snus

8. Dried snuff is snorted through nose

9. Dissolvable Tobacco Appeals to youth with candy-like appearance
In the form of sticks, pellets, and strips
Delivers 3x the amount of nicotine compared to cigarette
Dissolvable Tobacco

10. Facts 1 in 5 teenagers smoke cigarettes.
Teenage smoking is often an early warning sign for future problems such as alcohol and marijuana use and drop in grades
9 out of 10 teens do not find smoking attractive
90% of adult smokers began at or before age 18
Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined
Facts

11. The Nicotine Addiction cycle
Nicotine enters the bloodstream
The heart beats faster
Blood vessels constrict
Blood pressure increases
More oxygen is pumped to the brain
Adrenaline is released into the blood
Eventually, the nicotine begins to wear off
Carbon monoxide slows down the body
The heart begins to beat slower
Feel of relaxation sets in
…..Brain begins to crave more nicotine
The Nicotine Addiction cycle

12. How Tobacco affects the body
Brain: Stroke
Mouth: dulls taste buds, stains teeth, tooth decay, gum disease, mouth cancer
Lungs: Chronic bronchitis, Emphysema, Lung cancer
Stomach: ulcers
Kidneys: Kidney cancer
Bladder: Bladder cancer
Bones: osteoporosis
Throat: Cancer of the larynx and esophagus
Heart: Heart disease
Liver: Cirrhosis of the liver
Spine: Vertebral cancer
Reproductive System: decrease sex drive, cervical cancer, impotence in males, decrease in fertility
Pregnancy: risk of miscarriage, premature delivery, low birth weight baby
How Tobacco affects the body

13. Stroke

14. Ways To Help You Resist Nicotine
Avoid triggers
Delay for 10 minutes to pass craving
Exercise
Practice relaxation techniques
Ask for help (support system)
Remember the benefits to quitting
Try nicotine replacements
Chew on gum or hard candy
Ways To Help You Resist Nicotine