Be a Smoke-Free Deputy

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Be a Smoke-Free Deputy

• A Presentation for Children in Grades K-6
• by Barbara Schwedel,
• Walden University

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What You Will Learn Today

• WHY smoking is so dangerous
• WHO is endangered by tobacco
• WHAT all of us can do
• Programs for quitting and prevention
• Smoking bans
• HOW you can help

Sheriff Stubb M. Outt

• Be a Smoke-Free Deputy
• Junior Deputies Grades K to 3
• Senior Deputies Grades 4 to 6

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Tobacco Products Background Information

• Tobacco Plant from which cigarettes are made
• Ingredients Nicotine, tar, and other chemicals
• Different forms
• Cigarettes
• Chewing tobacco

• Cigars
• Pipes

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Nicotine, an Addictive Drug

• Tobacco products contain the chemical nicotine.
• Nicotine is a drug, which means it is a chemical
  that does things to the body.
• Once a person starts smoking, nicotine sometimes
  makes it difficult to stop.
• This is called addiction.

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What Cigarettes Do to the Outside of the Body

• Make a person smell like smoke
• Give a person bad breath
• Turn teeth yellow
• Turn fingers yellow
• Contribute to wrinkles

This wont help!
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What Cigarettes Do Inside the Body

• Smoking damages nearly every organ of the body,
  such as
• The lungs (see drawings)
• The brain
• The heart

Lungs of a Healthy Nonsmoker
Discolored Lungs of a Smoker
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What Kind of Diseases Can Smoking Cause?

• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Lung disease, such as asthma

Patient using asthma medication
Drawing of the human heart
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How Smokers Might End Up

• Some may get very sick.

• Some may die.

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Numbers Relating to Cigarette Smokers

• About 21 of American adults smoke cigarettes.
• Half of long-time smokers will die a
  tobacco-related death.
• Adult smokers die 14 years earlier than
  nonsmokers.
• Smokers are 2 to 4 times more likely to get
  coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.
• Compared with never smokers, men smokers have
  23 times the chance and women smokers 13 times
  the chance of dying from lung cancer.

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About 443,000 U. S. Deaths a Year Can Be Blamed
on Cigarettes
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Who Else Is Affected by Smoking?

• Secondhand smokers Who Are They?
• Adults and children around smokers
• Unborn babies of mothers who smoke (doctors
  recommend that pregnant mothers do NOT smoke)
• YOU may be a secondhand smoker! And you were
  never given a choice!

Smoker (But why the smile???)
Secondhand smoker
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Some Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

• Secondhand smoke contains more than 50
  cancer-causing chemicals.
• Secondhand smoke causes hundreds of thousands of
  cases of lung disease each year in children,
  including babies.
• Pregnant smokers have a greater chance than
  nonsmokers of delivering babies not weighing
  enough to be healthy.
• Nonsmokers who are near secondhand smoke at home
  or work increase their chances of heart disease
  and lung cancer.

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WHAT We Can Do About Smoking

• Quitting programs (smoking cessation)
• Numerous methods, eg, patches, gums, counseling
• Each year only 2 to 3 of smokers are successful
  in quitting.
• Prevention programs Since it is so difficult to
  quit smoking, thats a great reason not to start
  in the first place!
• Smoking bans When smoking is not allowed in
  certain areas in order to avoid secondhand smoke.

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Where Can a Smoking Ban Be Put Into Effect?

• Cars
• Workplaces
• Restaurants/bars
• Public places (eg, hospitals and colleges)
• Public transportation (eg, trains and buses)
• How Is a Smoking Ban Put Into Effect?
• State laws
• City laws

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WHERE Do We Already Have Smoking Bans?

• As of July 2009
• There were 31 states with 100 smokefree laws
  for restaurants, bars, workplaces, or some
  combination.
• Four more states were scheduled to have these
  laws soon.
• There are also more than 3000 cities and towns in
  the United States that have smoking bans for at
  least one of these types of locations.
• Some places also have other bans (hospitals,
  airports).

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How You Can Help

• Become a Smoke-Free Deputy
• Take actions that will support smoking bans

• Junior Deputies Grades K to 3
• Senior Deputies Grades 4 to 6

Sheriff Stubb M. Outt
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Junior Deputies

• Tell your relatives and friends what you learned
  today.
• Make posters for your school.
• After your teacher gets the necessary
  permissions, make posters for public places, like
  malls and hospitals.
• Write a letter to your local newspaper.

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Senior Deputies

• Do research
• Action on Smoking and Health provides an entire
  list of websites for children and teens
• Think about your beliefs about smoking and
  smoking bansThen write letters to your lawmakers
  and local newspapers.
• Find out if anybody in your area is currently
  trying to get a smoking ban passed.
• If you find a smoking ban campaign, discuss what
  you can do to help with your teacher.

http//ash.org/teens.html
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Smoking Bans Can Help Fight Secondhand Smoke

• At places with smoking bans, nonsmokers will not
  have to be near smoke.
• With smoking bans at places where YOU go, YOU,
  YOUR FAMILY, and YOUR FRIENDS will not be exposed
  to secondhand smoke at those places.
• You are invited to become a Smoke-Free Deputy.

Youre invited
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Questions?
Sheriff Stubb M. Outt
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Conclusion

• Thank you for your attention
• Become a Smoke-Free Deputy
• Smoke-free Its the way to be

Smoke-free Its the way to be
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References and Credits
Smoke-free Its the way to be

• References
• Published articles
• U. S. government websites
• Other well recognized websites, such as
  MayoClinic.com
• If you want a reference list for yourself or your
  parents, please let your teacher know.
• Credits

• Drawings Clip Art.
• Pie chart graph Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention (CDC) website.

NOTE The template used for these slides is the
standard PowerPoint Oriel template/theme.
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Presentation Appendix
Smoke-free Its the way to be

• For a list of complete reference citations, see
  the speakers notes for this slide.