TOBACCO

What is it?

• An agricultural crop• Also known as “chew” “dip” “smoke”• Can be smoked, chewed, dipped and spit out• Brown cut up leaves• Main ingredient is nicotine (poisonous stimulant

drug)• 2 other harmful ingredients are Tar and Carbon

Monoxide

Closer look at Nicotine

• A deadly poison found in tobacco leaves• It is absorbed through the lungs and

membranes of the mouth• Found in cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and

chewing tobacco• One drop of pure nicotine can be fatal to

humans• Highly addictive

Short term effects

• Increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and blood flow from the heart

• Causes the blood vessels to narrow • High blood pressure• Clothes, hair smell, bad breath• Loss of appetite• More colds, sickness

Long term effects

• Chronic lung disease• Lung, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder

cancers• Coronary heart disease• Stroke• Bronchitis, Emphysema • Stained teeth and nails• Wrinkles (of skin)

Second Hand Smoke“Environmental Tobacco Smoke”

• 3,000 non-smoking Americans die annually of lung cancer

• 300,000 children have respiratory tract infections• Contains 250 chemicals known to be toxic• Almost 60 percent of U.S. children aged 3-11 years (22

million children) are exposed to secondhand smoke. • About 25% of children aged 3–11 years live with at

least one smoker, compared to only about 7% of nonsmoking adults

Chewing Tobacco• A smokeless tobacco

product which is chewed/sucked

• One of the oldest ways to consume leaves (Native Indians)

• Contains 28 carcinogens• Cause of many oral health

problems• Leukoplakia is most common• Common among baseball

players (“dip”)

Chewing Tobacco• Cancer of the mouth • Decay of exposed tooth roots • Pulling away of the gums

from the teeth • White patches or red sores in

the mouth that can turn to cancer

• As dangers as smoking tobacco

• Smokeless tobacco contains more nicotine than cigarettes

Smoking fact sheet

• Shorten your life span by 6 ½ years• 1,000 deaths per day• 70% are more likely to die of heart disease• 1,000% more likely to die of lung cancer• 500% more likely to die of chronic bronchitis• 3,000 teens start to smoke daily• 15% of 12-17 yr olds smoke on a daily basis• 1 billion=amount of cigarettes sold to underage

Cigarette related deaths

Health benefits of Quitting

• People who stop smoking greatly reduce their risk of dying prematurely. Benefits are greater for people who stop at earlier ages, but cessation is beneficial at all ages.

• Smoking cessation lowers the risk for lung and other types of cancer. The risk for developing cancer declines with the number of years of smoking cessation.

• Risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease is reduced after smoking cessation. Coronary heart disease risk is substantially reduced within 1 to 2 years of cessation.

Quitting (cont.)

• Cessation reduces respiratory symptoms, such as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. The rate of decline in lung function is slower among persons who quit smoking.

• Women who stop smoking before or during pregnancy reduce their risk for adverse reproductive outcomes such as infertility or having a low-birth-weight baby.