Tobacco

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Tobacco

• A High Risk Behavior

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Motivator

• Respond to the following in a short paragraph
• I think it is okay to smoke or use tobacco
  orally because. OR
• I do not think it is okay to smoke or use
  tobacco orally because

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Types of Tobacco Products

• Cigarettes (Filtered/unfiltered)
• Cigars/Blunts/Pipes etc.
• Smokeless Tobacco
• Chewing Tobacco/Snuff or Rub

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Pipes and Cigars

• More Nicotine than Cigarettes
• Produce more Tar and Carbon Monoxide when smoked
  than Cigarettes
• One Cigar can contain as much nicotine as a pack
  of cigarettes
• Users suffer more cancers of the lips, mouth, and
  throat

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Smokeless Tobacco

• Sniffed through the nose or chewed, it sends ten
  times the amount of carcinogens into the
  bloodstream than do cigarettes

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Nicotine

• Addictive drug in tobacco
• Causes physiological and psychological dependence
• It is found in all tobacco products as it is
  contained in tobacco leaves

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Tar

• Thick, sticky, dark fluid that is produced when
  tobacco burns
• Produces the flavor of cigarettes
• Destroys cilia which protect against infection in
  airway passages
• Damages alveoli which absorb oxygen and get rid
  of CO2 in the lungs

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Carbon Monoxide

• Colorless, odorless, poisonous gas in cigarette
  smoke that passes through the lungs and into the
  bloodstream
• Is taken up more readily than oxygen in blood
  therefore tissue and cells are deprived of oxygen

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Gateway Drugs

• Drugs which serve as entry into dangerous and
  harmful use of other substances
• As body builds up tolerance, more of a drug OR
  stronger drugs are needed to provide desired
  effects or feelings
• Cigarettes to marijuana to cocaine to heroine to
  DEATH or NOT MUCH OF A LIFE!

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Carcinogens

• Cancer causing substances found in cigarettes and
  smokeless tobacco

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Stimulant

• A drug that increases the action of the central
  nervous system, the heart, and other organs

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Addiction

• Physiological or psychological dependence on a
  substacne or activity

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Short Term Effects of Tobacco Use
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Changes in Brain Chemistry

• Nicotine causes craving and withdrawal symptoms
  as soon as 30 minutes after use
• Headaches
• Nervousness
• Trembling

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Increased Respiration

• Physical activity difficult
• Possible to cause irregular heartbeat

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Dulled Taste-buds and Decreased Appetite

• Users often lose ability to taste foods

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Bad Breath/Smelly Hair, Clothes, and Skin

• Causes people who do not smoke to avoid the user
• State Law bans smoking in restaurants and inside
  public buildings for this and other reasons
  (effects of 2nd hand smoke)
• Smokers do NOT realize they smell bad and
  sometimes take offense to comments of those who
  recognize this odor

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LONG-TERM RISKS OF TOBACCO USE
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Nervous System

• Addiction
• Increased Risk of Stroke
• Lack of blood flow to brain due to constriction
  of blood vessels from continued use

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Respiratory System

• Coughing or Smokers Hack
• Damage to lung tissue
• Increased risk of
• Emphysema
• Lung Cancer (Up to 43 possible Carcinogens in
  tobacco products)
• Chronic Bronchitis

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Digestive System

• Increased risks of Cancer in
• Mouth
• Pharynx (upper throat)
• Larynx (voicebox)
• Esophagus (throat)
• Risk of Gum/Tooth decay/Tooth Loss
• Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea
• Risk of Stomach and/or Pancreatic cancers

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Cardiovascular System

• Increased Heart Rate
• Increased Blood Pressure
• Hardened Arteries/Decreased Blood Flow
• Increased Risk of Heart Attack

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Excretory System

• Increased risk of Bladder Cancer
• Increased risk of Kidney Cancer

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Financial Impact of Smoking

• Most recent research says that the user will
  spend as much as 40 per pack throughout their
  shortened lifetime
• Product cost
• Medical costs to self
• Medical Costs to sufferers of 2nd hand smoke
• Losses to employers who have smokers who fall ill
• Others not mentioned (can you think of some costs
  not mentioned?)

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Concept Mapping Activity 77

• Complete Concept Mapping Activity 77
• Extra Credit to Students who can provide a
  cigarette warning label from circa 1970 AND one
  from 2008