1. Main Idea: Avoiding tobacco will bring lifelong health benefits.

2. Why Some Teens Use Tobacco
According to the American Lung Association, teens start smoking for the following reasons:
They have parents, adults or guardians who smoke.
Peer pressure
To show independence or defiance
They believe everyone else is smoking
Pop culture (movies, music, etc.)
se Belief

4. Reduced Tobacco Use Among Teens
Between 80-90% of high school students don’t smoke.
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005

5. Reduced Tobacco Use Among Teens
Reasons Teens Are Smoking Less
Tobacco Legislation
No-Smoking Policies
Family Values
Positive Peer Pressure
Known Health Risks

6. You will have better health and fewer health risks.
Physical Benefits
Mental/Emotional Benefits
You will have less stress/anxiety and a sense of freedom.
Social Benefits
You will look and feel better.

7. Strategies for Avoiding Tobacco
Surround yourself with positive influences.
Use these strategies to stick to your decision to live tobacco-free.
Reduce peer pressure.
Be prepared with refusal skills.

8. Teens who use tobacco give these reasons for quitting:
Quitting Tobacco Use
Teens who use tobacco give these reasons for quitting:
They begin to have health problems, such as asthma, coughing, or respiratory infections.
They realize the high cost of tobacco or find it difficult to purchase tobacco products if they are under 18.
They realize that using tobacco can lead to other risky behaviors, such as the use of alcohol and other drugs.
They understand the damaging effects of secondhand smoke and do not want to harm others.
They feel more powerful because they are not controlled by an addiction to nicotine.

9. The Cost of Smoking- Think about this…
Average cost of a pack of cigarettes= $5.51 $5 x 365 days a year= $1825 a year $1825 x 30 years= $54,750 $1825 x 60 years= $109,500 If someone invested that $ over 30 years (with 11.69% return) they would have $463,000. If someone invested that $ over 60 years (with 11.69% return) they would have $13.2 million.

10. Ending the Addiction Cycle
Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal include irritability, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and cravings for tobacco.
Nicotine withdrawal
The process that occurs in the body when nicotine, an addictive drug, is no longer used

11. Ending the Addiction Cycle
Smoking while using nicotine substitutes (patches/gum) is dangerous due to increased nicotine exposure.
Nicotine substitutes
Products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the user’s system while they are trying to quit tobacco.

12. Getting Help to Quit Tobacco Use
Replace tobacco use with healthy behaviors.
Access professional health services.
Get support and encouragement.
Prepare for the quit day.

13. Getting Help to Quit Tobacco Use
Seek advice from a doctor, enroll in a tobacco cessation program or join a support group.
Tobacco cessation program
A course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco

14. Getting Help to Quit Tobacco Use
Health care professionals can help tobacco users find the resources they need to successfully quit using tobacco.

15. In the summary/reflection section of your notes, list some things about quitting tobacco that you were unaware of (from the video). Benefits Timeline