Tobacco

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Tobacco
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I. Factors that lead to tobacco use.

• advertising
• social pressures
• stress

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II. Addiction

• A strong physical and psychological craving for a
  substance.

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III. Nicotine

• Addictive substance in tobacco.

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IV. Stages of addiction.

• 1) experimentation

2) occasional use
3) regular use
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V. Dangerous substances in tobacco
smoke.

• cyanide - poison
• ammonia - toilet cleaner
• acetone - nail polish remover/paint stripper
• polonium 210 - radioactive element

• nicotine
• carbon monoxide car exhaust
• tars
• arsenic - poison

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VI. Long-term effects of tobacco use.

• Heart disease
• cancer
• chronic lung disease
• Gum disease

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VII. Tobacco Facts

• Tobacco-related diseases kill 400,000 people each
  year.
• Thats more than alcohol, drugs, homicide,
  suicide, car accidents, and AIDS - COMBINED.
• 3,000 teenagers start using tobacco each day.
• More than 1-million people per year.
• 73 of teen smokers who said they wont be
  smoking in 5 years are still smoking 6 years
  later.
• 70 of teen smokers say that given the chance to
  do things differently would not have started
  smoking.