Chapter

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Chapter 12 Tobacco

• Lessons 2 3

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Who Buys Tobacco?

• Big Business
• Tobacco Companies spend over 6.8 billion/yr. on
  marketing and advertising (18.5 million/day)!!!!
• WHY DO YOU THINK?
• Tobacco use has dropped in adults over 40 since
  1965
• 75 of adults dont use tobacco at all
• WHO ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF?

3
Tobacco Addiction

• Despite high personal costs and health risks,
  some people continue to smoke or chew tobacco.
• Addiction physical or psychological need for a
  drug
• Physical Dependence type of addiction in which
  the body itself feels a direct need for a drug
• Temperature, heart rate, digestion, etc.
• Psychological Dependence addiction in which the
  mind sends the body a message that it needs more
  of a drug
• Driving to work, after they finish a meal, etc.
• Withdrawal the physical and psychological
  symptoms that occur when someone stops using an
  addictive substance
• Headaches, fatigue, shakiness, nervousness,
  anxiety, sad, etc.
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and
  PreventionNicotine Addiction is the most common
  form of addiction in the U.S.

4
Look Whos Not Smoking/Quit

• In 2000, 70 of teen smokers said that they
  regretted having started
• Approximately 44 million American adults are now
  former smokers
• The number of Americans that have never smoked,
  or who have quit has consistently been on the
  rise
• Figure 12.2 (pg. 305)/Transparency 43

5
Secondhand smoke

• Secondhand smoke air that has been contaminated
  by tobacco smoke
• Mainstream Smoke smoke that a smoker inhales and
  then exhales
• Sidestream Smoke smoke given off by the burning
  end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
• Sidestream smoke contains twice as much tar and
  nicotine as mainstream smoke
• Can lead to
• Respiratory illnesses pneumonia and bronchitis
• Lung disease, heart disease, and cancer in
  nonsmokers

6
Other Costs

• 5 packhow much a day? Week? Year?
• 100 billion each year in health costs and lost
  productivity
• Pregnant mothers
• Lack of nutrients for babies
• Increased incidents of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death
  Syndrome)

7
Why Some Teens Start to Use Tobacco

• Stress some think that tobacco will help them
  relax
• Withdrawal symptoms will actually increase daily
  stress (every 30 min)
• Weight some think tobacco will help them
  maintain a healthy weight
• Actually, it decreases a persons ability perform
  aerobic exercise
• Image some think it makes them look Grown Up
• Actually, it makes you look dumb to know
  everything about how unhealthy it is and still do
  it

8
Why Some Teens Start to Use Tobacco

• Independence some see it as a sign of being free
• Actually, then you become addicted and dependent
  on an expensive, unhealthy habit
• Peer Acceptance some think that they need to in
  order to fit in
• Most teens dont want anything to do with tobacco
  users
• Other Influences
• Imitate Role Model
• Peers
• Entertainment
• Advertising (86 of kids that smoke prefer one
  of the 3 most heavily advertised brands)
• Family Member or other adult

9
How Not to Start

• 90 of Adult smokers started before age 21
• Good Chance if you dont until youre older, than
  you wont do it
• Choose friends that dont smoke
• Avoid situations where tobacco products may be
  used
• Use Refusal Skills
• (p. 310 for examples)

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Strategies for Quitting

• Gradually decreasing the amount of tobacco used
  over time
• Cold Turkey quitting all at once (chance of
  withdrawal symptoms)
• Nicotine Patch medication that allows tobacco
  users to give up tobacco right away while
  gradually cutting down on nicotine
• Professional Help
• American Lung Assoc.
• American Heart Assoc.
• American Cancer Society