Tobacco 101
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Tobacco?
 A plant that contains nicotine
Nicotine?
 Stimulant drug that stimulates the nervous system and is
highly addictive, gives the “pick me up” feel
Brainstorm
What types of tobacco
products are there??
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Types of Tobacco Products
Smoking
Smokeless
 Cigarettes
 Chewing tobacco
 Bidis
 Snuff
 Pipes
 Snuss
 Cigars
 Hookah
What is in tobacco?
The Big 3
1. Nicotine
2. Carbon Monoxide
3. Tar
Nicotine
 Poisonous
 More addictive than cocaine and heroine
 So powerful that farmers can’t use it to kill
insects
 Legal addiction
Use results in emotional dependence
 Mood leveler
 Users rely on it to control emotional
responses to everyday life
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Carbon Monoxide
 The compound in car exhaust that
causes death
 Causes shortness of breath
 Reduces the amount of oxygen blood
can carry
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Tar
 Sticky Residue that stains the
fingers and teeth.
 Contains benzopyrene, one of
the deadliest, cancer causing
agents known.
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Chemicals
Acetone: fingernail polish remover
Ammonia: floor/toilet cleaner
Cadmium: batteries
Arsenic: rat poison
Methane: cow manure fumes
Formaldehyde: preserver of dead bodies
* There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes
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Smoking
Cigarette: dried and shredded tobacco wrapped in paper
Bidi: small, hand-rolled, filterless cigarette made in India
that contains more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes
Cigar: dried and rolled tobacco leaves
Pipe tobacco: shredded tobacco that is smoked in a pipe
Smoking Cont.
 Hookah: “water-pipes,” are a more socially-oriented form of
tobacco use. Tobacco is heated, filtered by water, and then
inhaled through a hose to a mouthpiece
 Gaining in popularity, especially
with teenage population
 Just as dangerous!
*The amount of smoke inhaled during a typical hookah session is about 90,000 milliliters
(ml), compared with 500–600 ml inhaled when smoking a cigarette.
Nicotine Dependence
 Causes more premature death and disease than all other
forms of drug dependence combined
 People need more and more to receive desired effecttolerance
 Psychological dependence on nicotine
Nicotine
Hard Habit to Quit
Withdrawal Symptoms
Anxiety 87% *
Irritability 80% *
Difficulty
Concentrating 73% *
Tobacco
Cravings 62%
Headaches 24%
Restlessness 71%
Gastrointestinal
Problems 33%
Drowsiness 22%
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Health Consequences of
Smoking Tobacco
Cancer: lungs, throat, mouth, esophagus, pancreas, and
bladder (1/3 of all cancer deaths are due to tobacco use
and 9 out of 10 cases of lung cancer are caused by
smoking cigarettes.)
Respiratory Diseases: due to tar lining the lungs
• Asthma: bronchiole tubes become inflamed and
constrict, making it hard to breathe
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD):
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Cardiovascular Diseases:
• Heart attack
• Stroke
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Tobacco & Cancer
Healthy
lungs
Small cell
cancer in
Smoker’s
lung
Cancerous tumor
in the lung
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Tobacco
Health Effects
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DID YOU KNOW?
Stats
 1 person dies every 6 seconds from tobacco related
diseases.
COUNT OFF…
The ones standing…
 Nearly 16 percent of high school students smoke
cigarettes
 How sooner do you die?
 On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than
nonsmokers.
 What could be done in those years?
 Family
 Bucket List
 Over 5 percent of middle school students were current
smokers in 2009
 31 Montevideo students…
 Lung Cancer- 7,333 annual deaths
 Heart Disease- 33,951 annual deaths
 * Second hand smoke.
 Waynesboro+Staunton
 5.6 million children alive today will ultimately die early
from smoking. That is equal to 1 child out of every 13 alive
in the U.S. today.
 Kids are still picking up smoking at the alarming rate of
3,000 a day in the U.S., and 80,000 to 100,000 a day
worldwide.
 WHY?!
 An estimated 7.3 percent of high school students use
smokeless tobacco
 65 Spotswood students
Secondhand Smoke
Mainstream Smoke: smoke that is inhaled into the
smoker’s mouth and lungs
Side-stream smoke: smoke that enters the air from a
burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, hookah, etc. and inhaled
by those around
•Side-stream smoke has even more tar, nicotine,
carbon monxide, ammonia, and benzene than
mainstream!!!!
•Affects EVERYONE!!!
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Secondhand Smoke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
W4fzTdjqvt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=tBLl0-ZqGco
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What You Can Do…
If you smoke quit as soon as
possible!
Do not allow smoking inside your
home or car – protect others from
Secondhand smoke.
Get involved with tobacco
awareness campaigns – let others
know about the risk!
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Let’s say someone smokes 1 pack a day…
Smokeless Tobacco
 Chewing tobacco: made from chopped tobacco leaves that is placed
between the gums and cheek
 Snuff: powdered tobacco leaves and stems that is placed between
the gums and cheek
 Snuss: finely ground tobacco, often flavored, and sold in small teabag like pouches; does not require spitting
Effects of
Smokeless Tobacco
Increased heart rate
Increased blood pressure
Bad breath
Reduced sense of smell
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Health Effects of
Smokeless Tobacco
Tooth Abrasion
Gum Disease
Gum Recession
Heart Disease and Stroke
Cancer in the mouth, pharynx
(voice box), esophagus and
pancreas.
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Why People Use Tobacco?
 Peer Pressure
 They think it’s “cool”
 Their parents smoke
 Because they want to be skinny (fashion)
 Because they find it relaxing
 Rebellion
How to Quit?
1. List your reasons for wanting to quit
2. Decide upon a date to quit
3. Make a health behavior contract
4. Think about the situations in which you smoke or
use smokeless tobacco
5. Get help form a health care professional
6. Be prepared for temptation
7. Exercise, get involved!
Tobacco Advertising
Tobacco manufacturers are not allowed by law to put tobacco
ads on TV or radio.
So how do they advertise?
 Display logos and symbols on clothing and other items
 Offer merchandise in exhchange for coupons found on
cigarette/smokeless tobacco products
 Companies spend $30 million per day ($11.2 billion per year)
on advertisements and promotion
 Ads target children and teens through making it look
Anti-Tobacco Commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO0qwl5k9R4
Create your own
Anti-Tobacco Ad
 In groups of 3-4 develop an anti-tobacco slogan and
commercial ad ex:
Need to include:
 A health consequence
 A statistic to back your claim
 Catchy slogan/phrase
 Be creative!