1. TOBACCO

2. Six types of tobacco products
Cigarettes
Chew
Snuff
Pipe
Cigars
Clove/herbal Cigarettes

3. Nicotine Addictive ingredient in tobacco
Low doses-mild stimulant and muscle relaxant
Higher doses-powerful nerve poison
60 mg of nicotine are enough to kill most people. 1 or 2 mg are inhaled when a cigarette is smoked.

4. TAR Thick, black substance in tobacco smoke. Coats inside of airways
Contains many carcinogens

5. Chemicals 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke
40 of the chemicals are carcinogens (chemical agents that cause cancer)

6. Six of the dangerous chemicals found in tobacco smoke
Cyanide-poisonous gas used to develop photographs
Formaldehyde-substance used to preserve laboratory animals and as embalming fluid
Lead-dangerous metal

7. Continued: Vinyl chloride-flammable gas used to make plastic products
Carbon monoxide-gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream
Ammonia-chemical found in bathroom cleaners

8. Smokeless Tobacco Snuff Chewing tobacco
They contain: nicotine, tar, arsenic, nickel, benzopyrene, polonium
They lead to mouth sores, mouth cancer

9. Leukoplakia

10. Black Hairy Tongue

11. Short term effects (1 second for inhaled nicotine to get into the bloodstream)
Stimulates brain reward system
Increases heart rate and blood pressure
Increases breathing rate
Increases blood sugar levels
Stimulates the vomit reflex

12. Long term effects
1. Addiction-changes the way the brain reward system functions
2. Bronchitis-paralyzes then kills cilia so mucus builds up in lungs
3. Emphysema-air cannot move in and out of the lungs because alveoli are damaged

13. 4. Heart and Artery Disease
Nicotine increases heart rate, narrows blood vessels and eventually causes arteries to become hardened and clogged
Nearly 170,000 die yearly

14. Healthy Unhealthy

15. 5. Cancer
Types that can be caused from tobacco: Lung, Pancreas, Bladder, Cervix, Kidney, Oral, and Throat
Lung cancer often spreads to other parts of the body; leading cancer killer

16. 6. Immune System Suppression
Reduces the activity of immune system
Leads to susceptibility to disease

17. 7. Other Excess stomach acid build up
Damage to stomach and small intestines
Stains on fingers and teeth
Mouth sores
Odor and tar film on clothes
Dulls senses of smell and taste

18. Effects of Smoke on Nonsmokers
Sidestream smoke - smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
Mainstream smoke - smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker
Environmental tobacco smoke (second hand smoke) - both of the above

19. Dangers of Second hand smoke
Lung cancer-for every 8 smokers killed by their own smoking, 1 non-smoker is killed by exposure
Headaches, nausea, dizziness, reduced heart functions, asthma

20. Smoking during Pregnancy
Chemicals pass through placenta to fetus and affect fetus the same way they affect the mother
Can lead to miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight
Baby at risk for SIDS
Can affect fetus brain development
May be addicted to nicotine at birth

21. Tobacco and Family Over $1,500 per year for buying tobacco products
Lost wages due to illness
Medical bills
Funeral costs (20% of premature deaths in the US are caused by tobacco use

22. Tobacco and Society
Estimated $138 billion per year (related to medical care that cannot be paid)
Insurance costs go up
Accidental fires

23. Cannot sell to anyone under 18
Law
Cannot sell to anyone under 18