Transcript TOBACCO
Six types of tobacco products
Cigarettes
Chew
Snuff
Pipe
Cigars
Clove/herbal Cigarettes
Nicotine
Addictive ingredient in tobacco
Low doses-mild stimulant and muscle
relaxant
Higher doses-powerful nerve poison
60 mg of nicotine are enough to kill
most people. 1 or 2 mg are inhaled
when a cigarette is smoked.
TAR
Thick, black substance in
tobacco smoke.
Coats inside of airways
Contains many carcinogens
Chemicals
4000 chemicals in cigarette
smoke
40 of the chemicals are
carcinogens (chemical agents
that cause cancer)
Six of the dangerous chemicals
found in tobacco smoke
Cyanide-poisonous gas used to
develop photographs
Formaldehyde-substance used
to preserve laboratory animals
and as embalming fluid
Lead-dangerous metal
Continued:
Vinyl chloride-flammable gas
used to make plastic products
Carbon monoxide-gas that blocks
oxygen from getting into the
bloodstream
Ammonia-chemical found in
bathroom cleaners
Smokeless Tobacco
Snuff
Chewing tobacco
They contain: nicotine, tar,
arsenic, nickel, benzopyrene,
polonium
They lead to mouth sores, mouth
cancer
Leukoplakia
Black Hairy Tongue
Short term effects
(1 second for inhaled nicotine to get into the
bloodstream)
Stimulates brain reward system
Increases heart rate and blood
pressure
Increases breathing rate
Increases blood sugar levels
Stimulates the vomit reflex
Long term effects
1. Addiction-changes the way the
brain reward system functions
2. Bronchitis-paralyzes then kills
cilia so mucus builds up in lungs
3. Emphysema-air cannot move in
and out of the lungs because
alveoli are damaged
4. Heart and Artery Disease
Nicotine increases heart rate,
narrows blood vessels and
eventually causes arteries to
become hardened and clogged
Nearly 170,000 die yearly
Healthy
Unhealthy
5. Cancer
Types that can be caused from
tobacco: Lung, Pancreas,
Bladder, Cervix, Kidney, Oral,
and Throat
Lung cancer often spreads to
other parts of the body; leading
cancer killer
6. Immune System Suppression
Reduces the activity of
immune system
Leads to susceptibility to
disease
7. Other
Excess stomach acid build up
Damage to stomach and small
intestines
Stains on fingers and teeth
Mouth sores
Odor and tar film on clothes
Dulls senses of smell and taste
Effects of Smoke on Nonsmokers
Sidestream smoke - smoke that
escapes from the tip of a cigarette,
cigar, or pipe
Mainstream smoke - smoke that is
inhaled through a tobacco product and
exhaled by a tobacco smoker
Environmental tobacco smoke (second
hand smoke) - both of the above
Dangers of Second hand smoke
Lung cancer-for every 8 smokers
killed by their own smoking, 1 nonsmoker is killed by exposure
Headaches, nausea, dizziness, reduced
heart functions, asthma
Smoking during Pregnancy
Chemicals pass through placenta to
fetus and affect fetus the same way
they affect the mother
Can lead to miscarriage, premature
birth, low birth weight
Baby at risk for SIDS
Can affect fetus brain development
May be addicted to nicotine at birth
Tobacco and Family
Over $1,500 per year for buying
tobacco products
Lost wages due to illness
Medical bills
Funeral costs (20% of premature
deaths in the US are caused by
tobacco use
Tobacco and Society
Estimated $138 billion per
year (related to medical
care that cannot be paid)
Insurance costs go up
Accidental fires
Law
Cannot sell to anyone under 18