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Youth & Tobacco: Consequences, Addiction, Prevention

Understand the impact of tobacco on youth, from addiction to mortality risk. Explore the dangers of social smoking, hookah, and smokeless tobacco. Learn about tobacco advertising targeting youth and FDA regulations. Access effective prevention programs to combat tobacco use.

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Youth & Tobacco: Consequences, Addiction, Prevention

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  1. Tobacco

  2. Tobacco & Youth • “Each day in the U.S., approximately 4,000 adolescents aged 12-17 try their first cigarette.” • (CDC, 2008) • Approximately 20% of high school students smoke • 50% of high school students have tried cigarettes

  3. Tobacco, Youth & Oregon • 16% of high school students currently smoke • 3,900 kids under the age of 18 will become new daily smokers each year. • 74,000 kids who are current smokers will ultimately die prematurely from smoking • Tobacco Free Kids, 2010

  4. Tobacco • Cigarettes • Cigars • Hookah • Smokeless tobacco • Snuff, chew, plug, nasal snuff

  5. Nicotine • Acts as a stimulant • Increases heart rate, blood pressure, alertness, concentration, memory. • May act as mild sedative • Decreases anxiety, irritability, mild depression • 3 out or 4 smokers want to quit • 75% will quit but start again within one year • Often said to be the most addictive substance

  6. Nicotine & Youth • Immediate health consequences • Respiratory problems • Addiction • Increased risk of lung cancer

  7. Health Effects

  8. Tobacco tolerance • It is possible to build up a tolerance • Needing more and more for same effect. • Withdrawal: • Severe cravings, insomnia, confusion, tremors, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, muscles aches/pains, headache, nausea, irritability, anger, depression. • Youth that smoke and stop have the same withdrawal symptoms

  9. Tobacco Use / Mortality • One of the leading preventable causes of death in U.S. • Causes more deaths every year than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle accidents, suicides and murders combined! • Smokers die an average of 14 years earlier than non-smokers.

  10. Mortality Source: www.cancercontrol.cancer.gov

  11. Ingredients in cigarettes • Over 4000 chemicals are in cigarettes • Just to name a few: • Acetone, Ammonia, Arsenic • Butane, Cadmium, Carbon Monoxide • DDT, ethanol, Hydrogen Cyanide • Methane, Methanol, Nicotine • Toluene

  12. Social Smoking • What is it? • Is it really that harmful? • No safe level of nicotine • Still habit forming

  13. Hookah • What is it? • A water pipe used to smoke tobacco • Has been around for centuries • WHO: “one hour of Hookah smoking exposes the user to 100-200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette.” • Relatively new to the U.S. but is growing among adolescents.

  14. Smokeless Tobacco • Increasing among younger men and boys. • Adolescent boys that use smokeless tobacco increase their risk of smoking cigarettes later in life. (tobaccofreekids.org, 2008) • Currently: • 13% of U.S. high school boys use smokeless tobacco • 2% of U.S. high school girls use smokeless tobacco

  15. Tobacco Advertising & Youth • It is illegal in all states to sell cigarettes to anyone under 18… so why is tobacco and youth an issue? • Children and adolescents are the majority of new smokers and companies know this. • First time use likely to occur at approximately 14. • Those who do not use tobacco at the age of 18 likely will never start. • (CDC, 2008)

  16. Advertising • Companies feel they need to “replace” smokers • Ads therefore target youth

  17. FDA & Tobacco Regulation • Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents • Restricts sale, distribution, and promotion of tobacco products to make them less accessible to youth. • Law went into effective June 22, 2010 • (FDA, 2010) • http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteProductWarningLabels/ucm2024177.htm

  18. Tobacco prevention programs • Only 69% of students are currently in schools that require tobacco prevention programs. • Prevention programs need to focus on the short-term for adolescents. • Athletic performance • Personal appearance

  19. Tobacco Education Programs • Well-designed programs should include: • A proven background in prevention • Provide education during the formative years • Provide a tobacco-free environment • Help preventing other types of drug use as well.

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