DRUG EDUCATION

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DRUG EDUCATION
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WHAT IS A DRUG?
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A substance other than food or water that causes
physical or mental changes in the body

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Are all drugs bad?
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NO!
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Tobacco and Your Health
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What are the drugs found in tobacco?
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• Nicotine
• Tar
• Carbon Monoxide
• Carcinogens

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NicotineDrug found in tobacco products that
speed up the heart and causes addiction
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TarA dark sticky mixture of chemicals formed
when tobacco burns
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Carbon Monoxide
A poisonous gas produced when tobaccoburns
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CarcinogensA substance that causes cancer
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What products have tobacco?
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• Cigarettes
• Cigars
• Pipe tobacco
• Chewing tobacco (Snuff)

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What are reasons to avoid tobacco use?
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Health Reasons

• Cancer
• Heart Disease
• Emphysema
• Addiction

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Other reasons

• Stinky breath
• Smelly hair and clothes
• Yellow teeth
• Early wrinkles
• Costs money
• Causes phlegm
• Nasty cough
• Stained finger nails
• Hairy tongue

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EXIT SLIP!How can you say NO to friends and
peers trying to get you to smoke?
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Say

• Smoking causes cancer!
• Cigarettes make you sick!
• That makes your teeth yellow!
• I dont want to get hooked!
• No way!
• Im allergic to it!
• My parents would be angry!