Tobacco Use and Health Effects

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Tobacco Use and Health Effects
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Tobacco

• Is a drug
• Is very addictive
• Contains nicotine - acts as a stimulant in the
  body
• Nicotine can also be found in insecticides
  (sprays to kill bugs)

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Did You Know?

• Nicotine is extremely poisonous to the body. In
  high doses, it can cause
• Vomiting
• Shaking
• Convulsions
• Even death

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Tobacco Addiction

• Your body gets used to the chemicals in tobacco
  and will need more and more to keep the cravings
  and other addictive effects away

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Tobacco Addiction

• Cant control cravings for tobacco products
• Depressed moods
• Irritable

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Tobacco Addiction

• How soon can addiction occur?
• Can occur over a very short period of time
• Everyone is different
• There is no way to know how an individuals body
  will respond

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Tobacco Addiction

• Most people that smoke want to stop, but feel
  that they cannot because they are too addicted
• 75 of high school smokers have tried to quit,
  but have failed

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Tobacco

• Also affects the body in these ways
• Sick more often
• --Decreased performance in sports
• --Coughing
• Difficulty breathing
• Reduced sense of taste and smell

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How can tobacco use affect your overall health?

• Lung disease
• Stroke
• Heart disease
• Diabetes
• Pre-term birth

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How does tobacco use affect oral health?

• Stain teeth
• Tooth decay
• Gum recession
• Bad breath
• Oral cancer

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Oral health and overall health

• Did you know that the health of our mouths also
  affects the health of our whole body?
• This is why it is so important to take care of
  our mouths as well as our bodies

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• 4,000 kids will try to smoke today
• 4,000 kids will try to smoke tomorrow and each
  day thereafter
• Will you be one of them?