Tobacco

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Tobacco You
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What is it?

• 1. A non-addictive
• processed plant
• 2. Shredded and processed leaves of the tobacco
  plant
• 3. Ground up, processed cacao leaves
• 4. Nothing that will hurt you

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• Good guess,
• however, try again!
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• Way to go!
• Youre right!

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How do I know if it is tobacco?

• Think about what you already know.
• Tobacco comes in many different forms.

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The most common form of tobacco is

• Pipes
• Smokeless
• tobacco
• Cigars
• cigarettes

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Way to go!

• Right again!

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• You were close! This
• is the second most
• common form. Please
• try again!
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• Almost! This is
• another common
• form. Please
• try again!
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• Almost! This is
• another common
• form.
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Whats in it?

• gt 4,000 chemicals
• harmful addictive substances
• nicotine
• tar
• carbon monoxide
• formaldehyde

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• Nicotine in cigarettes, cigars, and spit tobacco
  is addictive.
• Nicotine narrows your blood vessels and puts
  added strain on your heart.

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• Yuck! Tobacco smoke can make hair and clothes
  stink.
• Tobacco stains teeth and causes bad breath.
• Short-term use of spit tobacco can cause cracked
  lips, white spots, sores, and bleeding in the
  mouth.

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Effects on the body

• Nervous System
• reduces flow of oxygen to the brain, possibly
  causing stroke
• Respiratory System
• sticky substances, like tar, destroy lung
  structures
• Smokers are 10 times more likely to develop lung
  cancer
• difficulty breathing and prevents oxygen
  circulation to rest of body

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Effects on the body (contd)

• Circulatory System
• weakens vessels
• causes fatty build up causing heart attack or
  stroke
• Digestive System
• dulls the taste buds
• can cause cancer of the throat and mouth
• leads to stomach ulcers.

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Effects on the body (contd)

• Excretory System
• Increases the danger of bladder cancer
• Smokers have twice the risk of bladder cancer
  than non-smokers have

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Costs to Society

• Higher health care
• 2nd hand smoke risks
• Babies born with defects

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What can be done?

• Stiffen government regulations
• Continue ban on radio and television
  advertisements
• Set age limit for purchase of tobacco
• Continue to educate people about tobacco
• Enforce current effective policies

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Tobacco Quiz
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• Teens Tobacco Whats Really In?
• www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips_4_youth/stand.htm
• What You(th) Should Know About Tobacco
  www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/yuthfax1
  .htm

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• Tips For Quitting Smoking nicotinefreekids.o
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