Chapter 24 Lesson 1 - Tobacco

Tobacco Use – A High –Risk Behavior

Why Young people start smoking

• One million young people start smoking each year

• Everyday in U.S. 6,000 young teens light up first cigarette

• Each day 3,000 become regular smokers• 9/10 adult smokers started as teens• 2.6 million packs of cigarettes sold illegally

to minors every day

• Of the people who began smoking as teens…………

1/3 WILL DIE FROM SMOKE RELATED CAUSES

Why Teens Start

• Remove fears• Make them seem older• PEER PRESSURE• Advertisements• Health risks begin with first cigarette

What is in a cigarette

• 43 chemicals known to cause cancer

• CYANIDE• FORMALDEHYDE• ARSENIC

• Nicotine – the addictive drug In cigarette

Ten Reasons Teens Start Smoking

• 1. To seem more sophisticated, older or cool

• 2. Peer Pressure• 3. Influence of advertising• 4. Believe they can quit anytime• Short term stimulation effect

Ten Reasons Teens Start Smoking

• 6. To have something to hold • 7. Relaxation and stress relief• 8. Social crutch• 9. Deal with other cravings• 10. See family members do it

Smokeless Tobacco

• 12 million users of smokeless tobacco

• Most start between 13-15 years old

• Wrongly believe smokeless is less harmful than smoking

Smokeless Tobacco

• Risks associated with smokeless tobacco

– Lip, mouth, throat cancer– Damage to teeth and gums– Damage to digestive system

Specialty Cigarettes

• Those prepared with tobacco and other ingredients

• Some made with strong tobacco or contain spices that make them taste and smell sweet

• They contain more cancer causing tars than standard cigarettes

• Clove cigarettes may have 2 times the tar and nicotine