1. Tobacco Nicotine –The addictive chemical in tobacco products –Is a stimulant Stimulant- drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system

2. Types of Tobacco that is Smoked Cigarettes –Decreases a person’s life expectancy by 10-12 years Cigars and Pipes –Contain more nicotine than cigarette tobacco

3. Smokeless Tobacco: tobacco that is chewed, place between the lower lip and teeth, or sniffed through the nose Even though it does not harm the lungs like smoked tobacco, it is still not safe!!!

4. Smokeless Tobacco can Cause Leukoplakia: Oral lesions that can turn into oral cancer

5. Gum Disease, Gum Recession, Tooth Decay, Yellowing of Teeth, and Cancer

6. Dipping 8 to 10 times a day can bring as much nicotine into the body as smoking 30-40 cigarettes

7. Fact or Fiction? Low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes are safer than regular cigarettes Fiction: Although the amount of tar and nicotine in these cigarettes may be reduced, carbon monoxide levels are not. Also, smokers tend to smoke more of these cigarettes and inhale more deeply in order to feel the same effects as they felt from regular cigarettes.

8. Other Dangerous Chemicals There are over 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke Tar: –The dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns Chemical that increases risk of lung cancer Carbon Monoxide: –Odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco is burned Causes breathing and heart rate to increase

9. Secondhand Smoke: Smoke give off by a burning cigarette Mainstream smoke: –what the smoker inhales and exhales Sidestream smoke: –Smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe 20-100 times mores toxic because its not filtered by smokers lungs