Smoking and Tobacco

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Smoking and Tobacco
MOST Program
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Tobacco

• Cigarettes
• Chewing spit tobacco
• Cigars
• Pipes
• Bidis (flavored cigarettes from India)

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Chewing Tobacco

• Very addictive
• Can cause gum disease, tooth decay, and cancer of
  the mouth

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Why?
Can you guess two of the biggest reasons people
start using tobacco?
Their parents use tobacco
Their friends use tobacco
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Advertising
Tobacco industry spent 8.24 billion in one year!




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Deadly
Which kills more people each day alcohol, drugs
or tobacco?
Tobacco 1,200
Alcohol300
Drugs100
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Ingredients

• Ingredients in cigarettes
• Nicotine
• Smoke
• Tar
• 4,000 other chemicals

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Danger
Tobacco smoke enters the nose and mouth, Is sent
to the lungs and into the bloodstream, And the
heart pumps it throughout the body.
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Addiction

• Nicotine is the drug in tobacco.
• Addictive
• Need it to feel normal
• Makes it hard to quit

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Carbon Monoxide
A poisonous gas that keeps oxygen away from cells.
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Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke is the smoke that comes from the
burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe. It is
also what smokers breathe out.
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False
Secondhand smoke isnt as bad as smoking.
Smoky bar for 2 hours
Non-smoking section in restaurant for 2 hours
Smokers home for 1 day
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Short-term effects

• Bad breath
• Smelly hair and clothes
• Fires
• Voice changes
• Cough
• Wrinkles

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Cost
Smoking costs a lot of money.
per week? per month? per year?
What will you buy instead?
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Emphysema
A lung disease caused by smoke and tar. Smoking
harms air sacs (alveoli). Makes it hard to
breathe.
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Lung Cancer
Tumors are caused by smoke, tar, and other
harmful ingredients in tobacco products.
Lung cancer can block the flow of air.
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Heart Disease
Tobacco use causes the heart to beat faster and
the blood vessels to get smaller.
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Saying "No"
What if you are asked to try tobacco? What will
you say? What if a good friend asks you to try it?
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Quitting

• Blood pressure lowers
• Risk of heart attack goes down
• Lungs work better
• No more secondhand smoke

There are many benefits to stopping tobacco use.
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Commitment