Teenage Smoking and its Effects

1. Teenage Smoking and its Effects NaQuanRedd High School Students

2. The Facts • Every day, almost 3,900 children under 18 years of age try their first cigarette. • More than 950 of them will become new, regular daily smokers. • Half of them will ultimately die from their habit Pay Attention

3. Prevalence in Teens • Each day in the United States, nearly 4,000 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette, and an estimated 1,000 youth in that age group become new daily cigarette smokers. This means that nearly 400,000 young people become daily smokers each year.

4. Why Teens Smoke The CDC has 4 specific categories to explain why teenagers choose to smoke and they are: • Social and Physical Environments • Small Social Groups: Family and Peer Groups • Cognitive and Affective Processes • Biological and Genetic Factors

5. 1 Social and Physical Environments • Social norms portrayed in tobacco advertising and in movies promote smoking in young people. • Boys and young men are more likely to use certain types of tobacco, although gender differences have narrowed. Miley Cyrus One Direction’s Zayn Malik

6. 2 Small Social Groups: Family and Peer Groups • Young people are more likely to use tobacco if their peers use tobacco or if they think it is a norm among their peers . • Parental smoking may promote smoking among young people.

7. 3 Cognitive and Affective Processes • There is a strong relationship between youth smoking and negative affect, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. • Expectations of positive outcomes from smoking, such as coping with stress and controlling weight, are related to youth tobacco use.

8. 4 Biological and Genetic Factors • There is evidence that youth may be sensitive to nicotine and that teens can feel dependent on nicotine sooner than adults. • Genetic factors may mean that it is more difficult for some people to quit smoking once they have started.

9. Dangers of Smoking Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide, it causes: • Cancer • Stroke • Emphysema • Coronary Heart Disease • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Shocking Facts

11. How to Help Youth Quit • Countering pro-tobacco mass media campaigns (T.V/Radio commercials & Posters) • School based tobacco prevention programs • Community interventions • Higher cost for tobacco

12. Anti-Smoking Organizations • Do Something • Truth • American Cancer Society • American Lung Association

13. Do Something DoSomething.org is the country's largest not-for-profit for young people and social change. • Examples of their smoking campaign How to Make Smoking Non-Epic 7 Free Ways to Quit Smoking

14. Truth Campaign • Heck, we love everybody. Our philosophy isn’t anti-smoker or pro-smoker. It’s not even about smoking. It’s about the tobacco industry manipulating their products, research and advertising to secure replacements for the 1,200 customers they “lose” every day in America. You know, because they die.

16. American Lung Association The American Lung Association offers different information and sites to help support non-smokers or those seeking to quit.

17. American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society sponsors The Great American Smokeout, which encourages people to set a date to quit. Cigarette Cost Calculator

18. Benefits of Quitting • 20 minutes after quitting • Your heart rate and blood pressure drop. • 12 Hours after quitting • The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal. • 2 weeks to 3 months after quitting • Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.

19. 1 to 9 months after quitting • Coughing and shortness of breath decrease. • Start to regain normal function in the lungs. • 1 year after quitting • The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a continuing smoker’s.

20. 5 years after quitting • Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder are cut in half. • Stroke risk can fall to that of a non-smoker after 2-5 years. An overall healthier you