Welcome to Lifeskills
Do you have your student guide????
 Do you have last week assignment???
Student guide – page 27 worksheet 8
My reasons for not smoking
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How your progress on your personal goal?
Next weeks homework
Smoking word puzzle pgs 34-35 &
My Reasons for not Drinking Worksheet #
9 (page 40)
Ground Rules
One person talks at a time.
 No one will be forced to participate if he/she
does not want to do so.
 Students are free to express their opinions or
participate in group activities without being
subjected to criticism.
 Everyone will be respected. Anything
discussed in group will remain confidential.
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Smoking and Biofeedback
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Goal: to focus on the immediate
physiological effects of smoking.
To demonstrate the effect that smoking
has on the carbon monoxide levels has
on the lungs, heart rate, and hand
steadiness (nervousness).
Immediate Effects of Cigarette
Smoking
Let’s review the long term health
consequences of smoking.
 Heart disease.
 Lung cancer.
 Other cancers (mouth, tongue, throat
cancer).
 Chronic obstructive lung disease.
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What Are the Immediate Effects of Cigarette Smoking?
Read Page 29 of Your Student Guide.
How long does it
take for smoking to
affect your body?
 What are some of
the more immediate
effects of smoking?
 What immediate
effect does smoking
have on you heart?
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What does it men by
heart rate?
 Do smokers have a
faster heart rate
than nonsmokers?
 Why does smoking
make your heart
beat fast?
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Smoking and Increase Heart
Rate
Nicotine in cigarettes stimulates the
heart to beat faster.
 This increases the heart’s need for
oxygen.
 The carbon monoxide in cigarette
smoke pushes out the oxygen in the
blood, forcing the heart to work faster
in order to get the oxygen it needs.
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Interesting Facts
People who don’t smoke and who exercise
regularly (for example marathon runners)
may sometimes have a normal resting heart
rate as low as 30-40 beats per minute.
 Cigarette smoking decreases the delivery of
oxygen to the muscles during vigorous
exercise, making the effort of the activity
more difficult.
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Interesting Facts
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Nicotine increase levels of blood lactate.
When exercising, elevated levels of
blood lactate cam make people feel
fatigue or fell like quitting.
 In some people cigarette smoke can
trigger asthma symptoms, making it
nearly impossible until the symptoms
subside.
Things to Remember
The speed at which your heart beats changes
throughout the day. Several things can affect
how fast or slow your hearts beats, they
include physical exercise, emotions,
relaxation, and cigarette smoke.
 Smokers have higher heart rates due to the
carbon monoxide and nicotine in cigarette
smoke.
 People who smoke have a greater risk of
heart disease and heart attack.
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Points to Make
Smoking has an immediate effect
(within seconds) on the body although
it takes years for smoking related
disease to develop.
 Smoking increases the body’s heart
rate.
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