Tobacco

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Tobacco

• Drug Prevention
• Health 1000
• Mrs. Pogue

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Health Risks of Tobacco Use

• All forms of tobacco contain chemicals that are
  dangerous to your health.

• Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable
  death and disability in the United States.

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Health Risks of Tobacco Use

• About 90 percent of adult smokers began the habit
  as teenagers.
• Its easier to avoid tobacco use rather than
  quit later.

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Nicotine

• Tobacco users have difficulty quitting because
  tobacco contains an addictive drug.

Addictive drug
A substance that causes physiological or
psychological dependence
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Nicotine

• All tobacco products contain nicotine.

Nicotine
The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves
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Nicotine

• Nicotine is a stimulant that raises blood
  pressure and increases the heart rate.

Stimulant
A drug that increases the action of the central
nervous system, the heart, and other organs
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Poisonous Substances in Tobacco Smoke

• Tobacco is an addictive and toxic drug and a
  carcinogen.

Carcinogen
A cancer-causing substance
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Tar

• Cigarette smoke contains tar.

Tar
A thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco
burns
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Tar
paralyzing and destroying cilia
Tar damages a smokers respiratory system by
destroying the alveoli
damaging lung tissue
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Carbon Monoxide

• Carbon monoxide is also in cigarette smoke. It
  deprives the bodys tissues and cells of
  oxygen.Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco

Carbon monoxide
A colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas
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Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco

• Cigarette filters do not protect smokers from
  more than 50 carcinogens, including cyanide and
  arsenic, which are in tobacco products.

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Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco

• The smoke from pipes and cigars also causes
  serious health consequences.
• Cigars contain significantly more nicotine and
  produce more tar and carbon monoxide than
  cigarettes.

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Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco

• The harmful chemicals of smokeless tobacco are
  absorbed into the body at levels up to three
  times the amount of a single cigarette.

Smokeless tobacco
Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in
the mouth, or chewed
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Pipes, Cigars, and Smokeless Tobacco

• Using smokeless tobacco also irritates the
  sensitive tissues of the mouth, causing
  leukoplakia.

Leukoplakia
Thickened, white, leathery-looking spots on the
inside of the mouth that can develop into oral
cancer
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Long-Term Effects

• Short-Term Effects

• Brain chemistry changes.

• Respiration and heart rate increase.

• Taste buds are dulled and appetite is reduced.

• Bad breath, yellowed teeth, and smelly hair,
  skin, and clothes.

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Short-Term Effects

• Long-Term Effects

• Chronic bronchitis

• Emphysema

• Lung cancer

• Coronary heart disease and stroke

• A weakened immune system

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Lung Cancer
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Long-Term Effects
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Long-Term Effects
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Tobacco and the mouth
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Long-Term Effects
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Other Consequences of Tobacco Use
Tobacco-related illnesses cost the United States
about 165 billion each year.
Costs to Society
A person smoking one pack of cigarettes a day
will spend about 1,500 a year on the habit.
Costs to Individuals
Selling tobacco products to minors is illegal.
Using tobacco at school can lead to suspension or
expulsion.
Legal Consequences
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Sources

• http//www.hpns.nhs.uk/images/smoking-prevention/c
  hemicals.jpg
• http//www.tfcna.org/images/tar-jar.jpg
• http//www.massdental.org/uploadedImages/3_For_the
  _Public/33_For_Educators_and_Parents/thumb_Tips20
  on20Spit_tin.jpg
• http//dentistry.ucsf.edu/oralpath/images/hairy20
  leukoplakia201A.jpg