By: Nancy Casimir, Tenecia Gaines, Shayna Knowles,

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Tobacco
Why you should be tobacco free?

• By Nancy Casimir, Tenecia Gaines, Shayna
  Knowles, Sherrita Perry

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Tobacco use among middle school students

• Nearly all 1st use of tobacco occurs before high
  school graduation
• A little less than 3,000 kids start smoking every
  day

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Tobacco use among middle school students

• About 12 of students reported using some form of
  tobacco at least once in the past month.
• Cigarettes (about 8) were the most common type
  of tobacco used.

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Terms you should know

• Nicotine
• Carcinogens
• Stimulants
• Nicotine withdrawal
• Nicotine substitutes

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Tobacco Products

• Cigarettes
• Cigars and pipes
• Smokeless tobacco
• Snuff
• Chewing tobacco

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Facts About Cigarette Smoking

• Cigarette smoke contains more than 4000
  compounds, with over 60 known carcinogens (cancer
  causing agents)
• Cigarette smoking is responsible for one of every
  5 deaths (435,000 per year)

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Facts about Cigarette Smoking
Nicotine is

• The active chemical responsible for tobaccos
  psychoactive effects its dependence
• A stimulant
• Able to reach the brain in about 10 seconds when
  smoked

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The negative effects of smoking
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Smoking can lead to diseases such as

• Chronic bronchitis
• Emphysema
• Lung cancer
• Heart disease

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Physical Impairments

• Lower physical fitness and endurance
• Halitosis
• Stained teeth
• Damages air sacs of lungs

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Healthy Lung
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Diseased Lungs
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Smoking Kills Many Americans Each Year
Causes of death smoking vs. other
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Smoking is a Costly Habit
Packs Per Day Monthly Cost Annual Cost 20 Years 30 Years
0.5 37.50 450.00 28,476 84,768
1.0 75.00 900.00 56,952 169,536
1.5 112.50 1350.00 85,429 254,304
2.0 150.00 1800.00 113,905 339,073
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The benefits in quitting
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Reduction of risks to diseases such as

• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Respiratory disease

OVERALL,

• Health improves significantly

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Other Benefits

• Physical benefits
• Physical endurance and energy
• Better taste buds
• Feeling of accomplishment

• Financial benefits
• Beneficial use of money
• More money to save

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Steps to quit
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Start by

• Establishing goals
• Setting up a support system
• Find effective ways to say No
• Nicotine replacement therapy

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Nicotine Replacement Therapy

• Replaces nicotine from cigarettes
• Includes the patch, gum, nasal spray inhaler
• Reduces withdrawal symptoms
• Should be used in conjunction with a behavioral
  change program

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Staying smoke-free
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Strategies to stay smoke-free

• Alternate methods to deal with stress
• Effective ways to say no
• Resources available to quit
• Educational video clips -- Anti-tobacco teen
  smoking resources

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Secrets through the smoke
secrets through the smoke video
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Sources

• National Center for chronic disease control and
  prevention
• Tobaccofree.org
• American Cancer Society www.cancer.org

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The end!Any questions?