Tobacco Use-A High Risk Behavior

Jennifer CoombsMeredith Kulwin

Clint WheelerMichael Zuri

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Background Information

Of Audience: Intended Audience: Sixth Graders, Ages11-12 years oldPretended setting: Classroom

Of Presentation:Chapter 24, Tobacco, Lessons 1&2, Tobacco Use- A High Risk Behavior

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KNOWLEDGE

• Define terms• List types• State reasons why teens smoke• Two diseases• Effects of smoking

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ATTITUDE

• Combat confusion• Smoking behaviors• Peer pressure• Saying “NO”

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PRACTICE

• Peer pressure strategies• Economical downfalls due to

smoking

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Reasons Teens Smoke

• Insecurity• Feel mature• Peer pressure• Societal pressure• Denial• Belief that it is not habit

forming

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Forms of Tobacco

• Cigarettes• Smokeless tobacco (chewing)• Pipes and cigars

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Cigarettes

• 43 cancer related chemicals– Nicotine?– Tar?– Carbon Monoxide?

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Smokeless Tobacco

• Two forms- snuff and chew• 2% of youth under 18 used in

the past month• Holding a pinch for 30 minutes

gives off as much nicotine as 3-4 cigarettes

• 28 cancer causing agents– Arsenic, cadmium, formaldehyde

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Pipes and Cigars

• Carry the same risk as cigarettes

• More pipe and cigar smokers die from lung cancer than non-smokers

• Greater risk for oral cancer even if not inhaled

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Popular Ad Campaigns

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Effects of SmokingPHYSICAL

• Diabetes risk 2x higher than non- smokers

• Taste buds lost• Impotence

• Can lead to other forms of Cancer

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Effects of SmokingPHYSICAL

• Skin, hands, and teeth become “worn”

– Wrinkles– Tobacco stained hands

– Yellowish-brownish teeth– Loss of teeth

– Dry hands– Sores

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Effects of SmokingRESPIRATORY

• Lung cancer• COPD- Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease• Pneumonia

• Asthma• Constriction of vessels

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Effects of SmokingCIRCULATORY

• Coronary heart disease• Atherosclerosis

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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Smoking and Athletics

• Hurts both endurance and performance

• Increases heart rate• Shortness of breath occurs 3x

more often than non-smokers• Some only smoke during off

season; but the effects are the same

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Athletic Problems Associated with Smoking

• Addictive• Blood vessel constriction• Delayed lung growth• Decreased lung function• Reduced oxygen• Decreased performance

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The End