Tobacco Prevention 101

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Tobacco Prevention 101

• Miami-Dade County Health Department
• Bureau of Tobacco Prevention
• Maysarih Ndobe, MPH, CHES

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Miami-Dade County Health Department

• The mission of the Miami-Dade County Health
  Department is to promote and protect the health
  of our community through prevention and
  preparedness today, for a healthier tomorrow.
• The role of the Office of Community Health and
  Planning is to provide education in the
  community. The focus is on prevention through
  living a healthy lifestyle that includes eating
  well, exercising, and no tobacco use.

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TOBACCO 101

• Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable
  death in the United States.
• Each day in the United States, approximately
  4,000 youths aged 12-17 try their first
• cigarette
• Almost 90 of tobacco users begin using
• before age 18

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TOBACCO 101

• 95 of all teenage smokers think theyll have
  quit within five years, but only 25 succeeded,
  eight years later.
• Tobacco use in adolescence is associated with
  many other health risk behaviors, including
  higher risk sexual behavior and use of alcohol or
  other drugs
• The best tobacco prevention programs are saving
  up to 3 in health care costs for every dollar
  spent

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TOBACCO ADDICTION

• Tobacco addiction includes
• -Cigarettes
• -Cigars (i.e. black and mild, dutch)
• -Smokeless Tobacco (Spit-tobacco)
• -Bidis and Kreteks
• -Hookah
• -Cannabis (i.e. marijuana, ganja, weed)

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WHY IS TOBACCO HARMFUL?

• Over 4000 chemical compounds are created by
  burning a cigarette, many of which are toxic
  and/or carcinogenic.
• Tobacco use accounts for at least 30 of all
  cancer deaths
• Smoking is responsible for about 87 of lung
  cancer deaths
• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death
  in both men and women, and is one of the most
  difficult cancers to treat

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WHY IS TOBACCO HARMFUL?

• Tobacco use is a major cause of heart disease,
  aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke, and
  it makes pneumonia and asthma worse.
• Tobacco use effects EVERYONE!

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WHATS IN TOBACCO

• Acetone found in finger nail polish remover
• Ammonia used in household cleaning compounds
• Arsenic commonly used in rat poison.
• Butane key ingredient in lighter fluid
• Cadmium active component in battery acid
• Carbon Monoxide the same gas released from your
  cars exhaust system
• DDT/Dieldrin a poison used in commercial
  insecticides

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• Used from 1954 to 1999, Marlboro Man is said to
  be one of the most brilliant and successful ad
  campaigns of all time.
• Sadly the two original Marlboro men died of (you
  guessed it) Lung Cancer.

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We dont smoke it we just sell it. We reserve
the right to smoke for the young, the black, the
poor, and the stupid. RJ Reynolds Executive.
Claude Teague - CEO RJ Reynolds Tobacco Makers of
Camel
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IS IT A CRIME?

• Big Tobacco spends millions upon millions of
  dollars lobbying politicians and government for
  this not to occur.

BIG TOBACCO COMPANIES
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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO QUIT?

• Mark Twain said
• Quitting smoking is easy. Ive done it a
  thousand times

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NICOTINE

• Highly addictive drug
• Body becomes physically and psychologically
  dependent
• Quitting or cutting back leads to withdrawal
  symptoms

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Benefits for Quitting

• Live longer and better
• Lowers chances of heart attack, stroke, or cancer
• Improve chances of having a healthy baby
• Will make those who live with you healthier
• Extra money to spend on things other than
  cigarettes

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QUITTING

• 20 min blood pressure returns to normal
• 24 hours Chance of heart attack decreases
• 2 weeks - 3months Circulation and lung function
  improves
• 5 years out lung cancer death rate for the
  average smoker will decrease to almost 50

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Smoking Cessation Classes

• Miami-Dade Area Health
• Education Center
• Phone [phone]
• Email smokefree_at_mdahec.org
• Website www.mdahec.org

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• Floridas Quit-For-Life Line
• provides tobacco cessation services
• People wishing to quit can get help
• by calling the Florida Quit-For-Life Line
• toll-free at 877-U CAN NOW.
• The Quitline is available in English, Spanish,
  Creole
• and TDD for the hearing impaired.