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Alcohol and tobacco

Alcohol and tobacco. PRESENTED BY: MELISSA CALVERT CHRISTINA CAULTON CHRISTIANA IHEJIERE BOBBIE MARTINEZ. Alcohol use. How many 13-year-olds drank in the past month? On average:. Most: 9 out of 10 Half: 5 out of 10 Very few: Less than 1 out of 10.

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Alcohol and tobacco

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  1. Alcohol and tobacco PRESENTED BY: MELISSA CALVERT CHRISTINA CAULTON CHRISTIANA IHEJIERE BOBBIE MARTINEZ

  2. Alcohol use

  3. How many 13-year-olds drank in the past month? On average: • Most: 9 out of 10 • Half: 5 out of 10 • Very few: Less than 1 out of 10

  4. Among kids ages 12 to 17, how many drank in the past month? On average: • Most: 8 out of 10 • Half: 5 out of 10 • A few: Less than 2 out of 10

  5. How many adults aged 35 and older drank in the past month? On average: • Most: 8 out of 10 • About half: 5 out of 10 • A few: 2 out of 10

  6. How does alcohol affect you? • Affects every organ in your body • Central nervous system depressant that is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine into your bloodstream • Metabolized in the liver, but the liver can only metabolize small amounts at a time so the excess circulates around your body

  7. How much alcohol is in a drink? • Regular beer • Table wine • Hard liquor • “Standard drink” • 12 oz malt liquor • 1.5 “standard drinks” • 1.5 oz (40% alcohol) • 12 oz (5% alcohol) • 5 oz (12% alcohol) • 1.2 T pure alcohol

  8. Caffeinated alcoholic beverages (cabs) • Premixed drinks that combine alcohol, caffeine, and other stimulants • Higher alcohol content than beer (5%-12% on average vs 4%-5% for beer) • Caffeine content usually not reported • Caffeine can mask clues that tell someone how intoxicated they are – you can become more intoxicated because you are drinking more alcohol than you realize • May lead to more life-threatening and hazardous behaviors like alcohol poisoning, sexual assault, and riding with a driver that has been drinking

  9. Cabs – “blackout in a can” Colorful packaging Watermelon, blue raspberry, lemon-lime Look like energy drinks As much caffeine as a cup of coffee or more Four Loko, Joose, Max, Core High Gravity, Moonshot

  10. What is the legal drinking age? 21 years or older

  11. What is binge drinking? 5 or more drinks on a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks on a single occasion for women, usually within 2 hours INJURIES, ALCOHOL POISONING, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, PREGNANCY Small improvements are being made in adolescent binge drinking rates

  12. CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE DRINKING • School problems – higher absences, poor/failing grades • Social problems – fighting, lack of participation in activities • Legal problems – arrest for driving/hurting someone while drunk • Physical problems – hangovers, illnesses • Memory problems • Unwanted, unplanned, and unprotected sexual activity • Physical and sexual assault (rape) • Higher risk for suicide and homicide • Abuse of other drugs • Death from alcohol poisoning THAT’S A LOT OF PROBLEMS!

  13. Is it worth it?

  14. Is it worth it?

  15. What happens when you get drunk? • Impaired brain function – poor judgment, reduced reaction time, loss of balance and motor skills, slurred speech • Dilation of blood vessels – you feel warm but you are quickly losing body heat • Damage to developing fetus • Higher risk of car crashes, violence, other injuries

  16. More than 40% of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholic. True or false? TRUE

  17. HEAVY DRINKING IN THE TEEN YEARS DOES NOT CAUSE LONG-LASTING HARM TO THINKING ABILITIES. TRUE OR FALSE? FALSE

  18. IF CAUGHT DRINKING UNDERAGE, YOU CAN LOSE A JOB OR LOSE A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED. TRUE OR FALSE? TRUE Most kids that see themselves going to college and living past 35 (yes!) DON’T drink or smoke – they will be around to enjoy their success!

  19. WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Expectations can be right on, but often they are totally off, especially when talking about alcohol. Do you think using alcohol has positive consequences? Read below… • To have more fun and excitement? • Reality: more stressed and depressed • To fit in better? • Reality: most teens don’t drink • To impress others? • Reality: acting stupid, throwing up, and starting fights doesn’t impress people • To feel good or improve your mood? • Reality: if you are already feeling down, drinking can make it worse • To be more attractive? • Reality: throwing up, being visibly drunk, and saying stupid things aren’t attractive • To relax, feel less shy or nervous? • Reality: alcohol relaxes your judgment so you can say and do things you regret • To be funny? • Reality: people not drinking usually think that drinkers are not funny at all • To solve your problems or forget about them? • Reality: alcohol messes up your thinking and can lead to even more problems, like addiction

  20. Tobacco use

  21. Tobacco use…did you know? • That tobacco use includes smoking and smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco and snuff)? • That more than 80% of adults that smoke began smoking before they were 18 years old? • That teen smokeless tobacco users are more likely than non-users to smoke cigarettes as adults? • That more high school students are reporting using smokeless tobacco products? • That bullying, being bullied, or being depressed can bring someone to start smoking and/or drinking? • If you have self-control problems you are at greater risk for using alcohol and tobacco?

  22. Youth tobacco use % of high school students who were cigarette smokers in 2009? 17.2% % of middle school students who were cigarette smokers in 2009? 5.2% % of high school students who were smokeless tobacco users in 2009? 6.7% % of middle school students who were smokeless tobacco users in 2009? 2.6%

  23. Risky behaviors associated with tobacco use during adolescence • High risk sexual behavior • Use of alcohol • Use of other drugs

  24. Diseases and tobacco use • Cancer • Lip, mouth, pharynx, esophagus, pancreas, voice box, lung, cervix, bladder, kidney • Lung cancer 23 times higher in men and 13 times higher in women smokers vs nonsmokers • Highest in African-American men • Heart Disease and Stroke • Coronary heart disease, doubles risk for stroke, narrows arteries, increased risk for heart attack • Respiratory Health • Chronic lung disease; secondhand smoke is no better • Smoking during pregnancy • Complications, premature birth, low birth weight babies, stillbirth, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

  25. Tobacco spending • Did you know that… • Every year tobacco companies spend billions of $ on advertising and promotion • U.S. consumers (us!) spend billions of $ buying tobacco products • Tobacco use then costs the U.S. billions of $ in medical expenses and lost productivity

  26. What do the tobacco companies spend? In 2006, cigarette companies spent $12,400,000,000 ($12.4 billion) on advertising and promotional expenses in the U.S. alone! This amounted to almost $34,000,000per day in marketing expenses!

  27. What do we spend? In 2006, U.S. consumers spent: $83,600,000,000 On cigarettes $3,200,000,000 On cigars $2,600,000,000 On smokeless tobacco

  28. Tobacco and athletic performance • Nicotine in tobacco is addictive • Nicotine narrows your blood vessels and puts added strain on your heart • Smoking can wreck your lungs and reduce oxygen available for muscles used during sports • Smokers suffer shortness of breath almost 3 times more often that nonsmokers • Smokers run slower and can’t run as far, affecting overall athletic performance • Cigars and spit/chew tobacco are NOT safe alternatives!

  29. Tobacco and personal appearance • Yuck! Tobacco smoke can make hair and clothes stink • Tobacco stains teeth and causes bad breath • Short term use of spit/chew tobacco can cause cracked lips, white spots, sores, and bleeding in the mouth • Surgery to remove oral (mouth) cancers caused by tobacco use can lead to serious changes in the face. • Sean Marsee, a high school star athlete who used spit tobacco, died of oral cancer when he was only 19 years old!

  30. Sean marsee:high school track star, using dip since age 12

  31. Healthy lung and smoker’s lung (1 pack per day for 20 years)

  32. So… • Know the truth! • Most teens, adults, and athletes DON’T use tobacco • Make friends, develop athletic skills, control weight, be independent, be cool…play sports • Use older, popular adolescents that DON’T smoke as role models and remember the consequences even as you get older! • Don’t burn money on tobacco • Spend it on music, apps, clothes, video games, movies, sports, hanging out with friends • Get involved • Make your team, home, and school tobacco-free; teach others; join community efforts to prevent tobacco use

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