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Tobacco

Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, drugs, accidents, and diseases combined. Learn about the devastating consequences of tobacco use, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and fetal damage.

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Tobacco

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  1. Tobacco Tobacco Kills More Americans Each Year Than Alcohol, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, Homicide, Suicide, Car Accidents, Fires and AIDS combined:

  2. Consequences of Tobacco-Use:Preventable Causes of Death Smoking 400,000 Accidents 94,000 2nd Hand Smoke 38,000 Alcohol 45,000 HIV/AIDS 32,600 Suicide 31,000 Homicide 21,000 Drugs 14,200

  3. What are the tobacco-related diseases that are contributing to all these deaths?

  4. Tobacco use: The single largest cause of preventable death.

  5. Arteriosclerosis & Atherosclerosis: Healthy artery Damaged artery

  6. Heart Attack: Smokers are twice as likely as Nonsmokers to have a heart attack Quitting smoking rapidly reduces the risk of coronary heart disease Torn heart wall: Result of over-worked heart muscle

  7. Peripheral Vascular Disease

  8. Stroke: This brain shows stroke damage, which can cause death or severe mental or physical disability

  9. Emphysema: Emphysematic lung Healthy lung Symptoms Include • Shortness of breath • Chronic cough • Wheezing • Anxiety • Weight loss • Ankle, feet and leg swelling • fatigue

  10. Lung Cancer:The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer

  11. Fetal Damage: • Fetal Smoking Syndrome: • Birth defects • Premature stillbirth • Low birthweight • Prone to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • Lowered immune capacity

  12. Laryngeal Cancer • Symptoms: • Persistent hoarseness • Chronic sore throat • Painful swallowing • Pain in the ear • Lump in the neck Over 80% of deaths from laryngeal cancer are linked to smoking

  13. Common Consequences: • Stained teeth • Gum inflammation • Black hairy tongue • Oral cancer • Delayed healing of the gums Dental Problems: Above: Cavities Below: Gingivitis Overall poor oral health

  14. Consequences of chewing tobacco: Leukoplakia Oral cancer

  15. Chemical Box: What’s in Tobacco? • Tar: black sticky substance used to pave roads • Nicotine: Insecticide • Carbon Monoxide: Car exhaust • Acetone: Finger nail polish remover • Ammonia: Toilet Cleaner • Cadmium: used batteries • Ethanol: Alcohol • Arsenic: Rat poison • Butane: Lighter Fluid

  16. Chemical Box:

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