1. Tobacco: A Harmful Drug

2. Things to Remember! Update your Table of Contents. -Date: 3/20/15 -Title of Assignment: Tobacco: A Harmful Drug -Standards: 1.1.A -Page #: Vocabulary Index (Include page #): Words to be included today are nicotine, carbon monoxide, tar, emphysema, addiction, snuff, alveoli and secondhand smoke. DO NOT copy what is in RED bold, only BLACK!! Anything in GREEN is a question for you to answer only. *Visit www.glencoe.com to complete online study guides and self assessments. *Today’s notes and more alcohol related resources can be found at www.alliancefitness24-7.weebly.com

3. Tobacco: A Harmful Drug (CN) Nicotine Carbon Monoxide Tar Is a drug that speeds up the heartbeat and affects the central nervous system. Is a poisonous, odorless gas produced when tobacco burns. Is a thick, oily, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns.

4. Tobacco: A Harmful Drug (CN) Emphysema Addiction Snuff Is a disease that occurs when the tiny air sacs in the lungs lose their elasticity, or ability to stretch. Is the body’s physical or mental need for a drug or other substance. Is finely ground tobacco that is inhaled or held in the mouth or cheeks.

5. Tobacco: A Harmful Drug (CN) Alveoli Secondhand smoke The tiny air sacs in the lungs. Is air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke.

6. Facts About Tobacco A single puff of tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 harmful chemicals! Most of those chemicals hurt your body’s ability to work properly. Several of them can cause cancer in people who smoke. In the United States, more than 400,000 people die every year from smoking-related illnesses.

7. What’s in Tobacco Tobacco contains a number of harmful chemicals, such as nicotine. Tobacco smoke also contains carbon monoxide. A third substance is tar. A ton of other deadly substances.

9. Short-term Effects of Tobacco Smoking also causes many short-term effects, such as poor lung function. This is why smokers often suffer shortness of breath and nagging coughs. They often tire quickly during physical activity. Some other common short-term effects include decreased sense of smell and taste, premature aging of the skin, bad breath, and stained teeth.

10. Long-term Effects of Tobacco Long-term, smoking is also a major cause of heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke. It also makes pneumonia and asthma worse. Smoking is linked to about half of the gum disease in the United States, which means more tooth loss and mouth surgery. Wounds take longer to heal and the immune system may not work as well in people who smoke. Smoking also damages the arteries. This is why many vascular surgeons refuse to operate on patients with peripheral artery disease (poor blood circulation in the arms and legs) unless they stop smoking.

11. Second Hand Smoke Can Cause Ear infections Asthma attacks Allergic reactions Cancer Smelly clothes Red, irritated eyes, etc.

12. How do you quit? Nicotine Patch Nicotine Gum Cold Turkey Electronic/Water Vapor Cigarette Wooden Cigarette Acupuncture Hypnosis Hotlines

13. Relative or Friend Does anyone here has a family member or friend that smokes tobacco?

14. Poster and Persuasive Letter or PowerPoint Presentation Pretend someone in your family smokes tobacco. They smoke on a daily basis because they think its cool and nothing will happen to them. There is no indication of them stopping this habit anytime soon. Create a poster and write a persuasive letter or create a PowerPoint presentation to this family member or friend urging them to stop smoking. You must include in this letter or PowerPoint at least 3 short and 3 long- term effects of smoking. You must also use at least 4 of our vocabulary words from your vocabulary index. Also make sure to use visuals/pictures for your poster or PowerPoint. Dear Relative or Friend,

15. Rubric 4 – Uses many facts, descriptions, anecdotes, visuals and statistics to convince the reader that your opinion is correct. Student is able to use at least 4 vocabulary words from their vocabulary index, and include at least 3 short and 3 long-term effects of tobacco use. 3 – Uses some facts, descriptions, anecdotes, visuals and statistics to convince the reader that your opinion is correct. Student is able to use at least 3 vocabulary words from their vocabulary index, and include at least 2 short and 2 long-term effects of tobacco use. 2 – Uses a few facts, descriptions, anecdotes, visuals and statistics to convince the reader that your opinion is correct. Student is able to use at least 2 vocabulary words from their vocabulary index, and include at least 1 short and 1 long-term effect of tobacco use. 1 – Uses no facts, descriptions, anecdotes, visuals or statistics to convince the reader that your opinion is correct. Student does not use any vocabulary words from their vocabulary index, and does not include any short and long-term effects of tobacco use. 0- Did not turn in the assignment.

16. Works Cited http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/t obaccocancer/questionsaboutsmokingtobacco andhealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco- and-health-effects-of-smoking http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/t obaccocancer/questionsaboutsmokingtobacco andhealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco- and-health-effects-of-smoking Teen Health Course 2. Glencoe McGraw Hill