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LIFE SCIENCE
Smoking
An Addiction
Prepared
By
Margaret E. Rousset
Missouri ABE/ASE Content Standards
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Adult Education Content Standards for Roles
in the Family, the Workplace, and the
Community
Science and Technology
GOAL 2: Develop an understanding of the individual’s role in
maintaining good personal, family, and community health.
Standard 4: Explore the impications of substance use and abuse.
a.
Identify behavioral and health changes associated with the use or
abuse of various substances.
b.
Identify the effects of substance abuse on the family, workplace, and
community.
c.
Evaluate resources for prevention of substance abuse.
Tobacco
 You most likely know that tobacco is a plant. It has
large leaves that have been smoked in many forms
for at least 2,000 years.
NO FORM OF TOBACCO IS SAFE!!! NOT
CIGARETTES, NOT CIGARS, NOT CHEWING
TOBACCO OR PIPES. THEY ARE ALL
DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ALL CONTAIN
CHEMICALS THAT KILL!!!!
Tobacco Facts
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Every eight seconds someone in
the world dies from a tobacco
related illness/disease.
On average, smokers die nearly
seven years earlier than
nonsmokers. Smoking is
responsible for one out of five
American deaths.
Tobacco Facts
3. In the U.S., smoking kills more
people than cocaine, heroin, alcohol,
fire, automobile accidents,
homicides, suicides, and AIDS
combined.
4. Reports of the Surgeon General
conclude that smoking cigarettes
causes heart disease, lung and
esophageal cancer, and chronic lung
disease. Cigarette smoking
contributes to cancer of the bladder,
pancreas, and kidney.
Tobacco Facts
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Consequences of using smokeless
tobacco include cancer of the gum,
mouth, pharynx, larynx, and
esophagus.
Men who smoke increase their risk
of death from lung cancer by more
than 22 times and from bronchitis
and emphysema by nearly 10
times.
Tobacco Facts
7. Women who smoke increase their
risk of dying from lung cancer by
nearly 12 times and the risk of dying
from bronchitis and emphysema by
more than 10 times.
8. Smoking triples the risk of dying from
heart disease among middle-aged
men and women.
Tobacco Facts
9. 90% of adult smokers are addicted
to tobacco before they reach the
age of 18.
10. 50% before the age of 14.
11. Currently the average age of
initiation to tobacco is age 11.
12. Smoking costs the nation $193
billion in medical expenses and lost
productivity annually.
Tobacco Facts
48 million adults smoke in the
U.S. (22.9% of the population,
overall) 33%of youth currently
smoke.
440,000 people die needlessly
every year.....1,200 people who
die every day.... because of their
addiction to cigarettes
Short Term Effects
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Addiction to nicotine (The younger an adolescent is
when he begins to smoke, the more severe his level
of nicotine addiction is likely to be.)
The risk of using other drugs.
Blood vessels constrict (narrow) and this decreases
blood flow which causes a rise in blood pressure.
A slight drop in body temperature.
Shortness of breath.
Carbon monoxide replaces oxygen carried by the
blood.
Short Term Effects
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An increase in the amount of acid released
into the stomach.
A decrease in the formation of urine.
Decrease in the ability to exercise.
Sense of taste and smell are dulled.
Teeth, fingers, and lips become stained
yellow.
The Effects of Smoking on
Social Life
» Young people offer the following reasons
for not dating smokers:
» They have bad breath.
» You can’t get close to someone who
smokes.
» It tastes bad to kiss them
» You have to breathe their smoke
» Their hair and clothes smell
» Their teeth are yellow
» They have dirty-looking hands
Long Term Effects
Skin
Smoking makes you look older
It makes your skin dry and leathery
Wrinkles appear sooner
If you get skin cancer, you are more
likely to die from it because smoking
weakens your immune system
Long Term Effects
Hair Loss
A study in the British Medical Journal
has found that smokers are
Twice as likely to lose their hair
Four times as likely to have premature gray hair
Smoking messes up your immune system
Long Term Effects
Brain
Nicotine is addictive as heroin, and it alters
how the brain works
It acts on brain cells that influence:
Mood
Concentration
Learning
Alertness
Long Term Effects
Cataracts
Smoking causes cataracts
A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the
eye
The more a person smokes, the greater
the chance of getting cataracts
Long Term Effects
Hearing Loss
Smoking constricts (narrows) the blood
vessels to the eardrums
This causes smokers to start to lose their
hearing earlier than people who don’t
smoke.
Long Term Effects
Mouth
Smoking causes wrinkles around the
mouth and on the lips
Smoking causes many kinds of cancers:
Lip cancer
Mouth cancer
Throat cancer
Tongue cancer
Long Term Effects
Mouth continued
Smoking makes it harder for saliva to
remove germs in the mouth.
This contributes to
Gum disease
Bad breath
Discolored teeth
Loss of teeth
Decrease in ability to taste and smell
Long Term Effects
Throat
Smokers are at risk of developing tumors
of the throat
Surgical removal of the tumor may be
necessary, including the vocal cords
(laryngectomy)
Artificial vocal cords may be implanted
Voice aids may be used
Two Indian Smokers
• Smokers
Two Indian smokers, one enjoying a cigarette,
the other after being operated on for cancer.
Long Term Effects
Heart Disease
Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen to
the heart muscle
Heart beats faster
Smokers have short breath
Smokers can have chest pain
Arteries get clogged
Smokers have less chance of surviving a heart
attack than non-smokers
Long Term Effects
Lungs
Chronic bronchitis
The build up of puss and mucus - coughing a
lot
Emphysema - air sacs in your lungs swell and
burst
Lung cancer
Long Term Effects
Stomach
Heartburn
Peptic ulcers
Long Term Effects
Other Cancers
Smoking also causes these cancers:
Sinus
Brain
Breast
Uterus
Kidney
Bladder
Thyroid
Lymph glands
Pancreas
Cervix
Long Term Effects
Impotency
Men who smoke have increased risk of
Impotency (The inability to have an erection.)
Problems in Pregnancy
Greater risk of miscarriages, still births,
and premature and/or low-birth weight
babies
Really Long Term Effects
• Early Death
–Often death occurs 20
or more years early
–This is preventable.
The Cost of Cigarettes
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In April 2009, tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by about 62 cents, bringing
the total tax to about a dollar. For cartons, which include 10 packs, the tax will
increase from $3.90 to $10.
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figure the cost:
$4.20
$4.20
$4.20
X 1 pack a day X 365 days X 50 years = $76,650
X 2 pack a day X 365 days X 50 years = $153,300
X 3 pack a day X 365 days X 50 years = $229,950
You get the idea….
The taxes are expected to raise about $35 billion over the next 5 years to provide medical
coverage to an additional 4 million uninsured children. The tax on cigarettes is one
component of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, an
expansion of the insurance program, signed into law Feb. 4, 2009 by President Barack
Obama.
Think of all the money you can
save for your children!!!
Quitting Tobacco Use
 Set your goals clearly. Keep a
journal.
 Reward yourself for meeting your
goals.
 Pace yourself - quitting can take a
while
 Be realistic. Be careful not to set
goals, including a timeline for quitting,
that are higher than you can meet.
 Don’t give up!!!
13 Best Quit-Smoking Tips
Ever
• http://www.webmd.com/smokingcessation/slideshow-13-best-quitsmoking-tips-ever