Tobacco• Tobacco is a Stimulant

and a Depressant: It increases heart rate with help from epinephrine, then it is followed by a decrease in heart rate and fatigue, leading the user to seek more nicotine.

Cigarettes

Snuff

Chew

PIPE

Smoke

WOW.. A couple of things you didn’t know about

Tobacco!88,695 kids have become regular

smokers in 2006.

Nearly 23 percent of high-school students and more

than 10 percent of the middle-school students in the

United States smoke cigarettes.

The NIDA says…

• In 2004, 30% of the U.S. population over age 12 used tobacco at least once in the month prior to being interviewed

• Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

Attention! Attention!

• Smoking is extremely addicting. Once you start, you may not be able to stop — ever.

• It is easier to quit heroin than it is to quit smoking!

Just the Facts…• Teenagers smoke for a variety of reasons.  Some of

the reasons are: (1) peer pressure; (2) low self esteem; (3) wanting to be "cool"; (4) a desire to keep weight down; or (5) a parent or close relative smokes.

• Teenagers get hooked easily, and it's hard for them to break the habit because they are under a lot of peer pressure to keep smoking.

Short Term Effects

• Bad Breath• Burns on Clothes

and Personal items

• Bad smell in your clothes, hair, skin

• Short of Breath• Tired

Long Term Effects

• Heart Disease• Lung Cancer• Emphysema• Stains Teeth and

fingers• Smoker’s Cough

Usage• Teenagers and

Adults across the United States and the World are abusing Tobacco. Ages range from 9-100+

• Under the age of 18 you cannot purchase tobacco products. YOU, AND the store that sold them to you could be fined!

Smoked ChewedDipped

It’s not just the smell that will kill you…

• Signs of Use- SMELL- Need for money- Friends that smoke- Possession of

tobacco products- Possession of

Lighters & Matches

• Where to Go for Help!

– Smoke-Stoppers•215-953-8600

– St. Mary Medical Center•215-710-2000