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Tobacco Use

Tobacco Use. List 6 types of tobacco products. Identify the drug that makes tobacco addictive. Name six dangerous chemical found in tobacco smoke. Identify 4 carcinogens found in tobacco. State why herbal cigarettes are not a safe alternative for teens .

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Tobacco Use

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  1. Tobacco Use List 6 types of tobacco products. Identify the drug that makes tobacco addictive. Name six dangerous chemical found in tobacco smoke. Identify 4 carcinogens found in tobacco. State why herbal cigarettes are not a safe alternative for teens. 6. Examine the benefits of Quitting Cigarette smoking.

  2. Types of Tobacco Products • Cigarettes • Chewing tobacco • Snuff • Pipe tobacco • Cigars • Herbal cigarettes

  3. Nicotine: the highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products. Chemicals found in tobacco smoke: • Tar- sticky, black substance that coats the airway. • Cyanide- poisonous gas used to develop photos. • Formaldehyde- embalming fluid.

  4. 4. Lead- dangerous mental 5. Vinyl chloride- flammable gas used to make plastic products. 6. Carbon monxide- gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream. 7. Ammonia- chemical found in cleaning. products.

  5. Carcinogens in Chewing tobacco • Arsenic • Nickel • Benzopyrene • Polonium Chewing tobacco can lead to mouth sores and oral cancer, esophagus cancer, and stomach cancer.

  6. Herbal Cigarettes • Many teens think these cigarettes are safe, because they do not contain tobacco. • However, Herbal cigarettes do contain tobacco and spices for flavor. • Because they taste better they are more attractive to teens. • Cloves and Bidis are examples of Herbal cigarettes.

  7. Pipes and Cigars • Many people feel this type of smoking is safer, because most do not inhale as deeply. • This type of tobacco is linked to mouth and throat cancer. • Simply put: There is no safe form of tobacco.

  8. Cigarettes smoking kills over 500,000 (in 2010) people in the US each year. • Nicotine addiction leads people to smoke for a long time even if health problems occur. • Quitting smoking is difficult and withdrawal is unpleasant. • Remember the effects of tobacco use is far worse than withdrawl.

  9. Within 20 Minutes of Quitting Smoking Your body begins a series of changes that continue for years… • 20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate drops. • 12 hours: carbon monoxide levels in your body drop to normal. • 2 weeks to 3 months: Your heart attack Risks drop/Your lung function begins improving.

  10. 1 to 9 months: Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease. • 1 Year: Your risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker. • 5 Years: Stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker. • 10 Years: Lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker. Cancer risks of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decrease.

  11. 15 Years: Risk of Coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker.

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