What Kills the Most Americans Every Year?

Rank them in order from 1-10

AIDS Suicide Alcohol Fires Secondhand

Smoke

Heroin Tobacco Homicide Car Crashes Cocaine/Crack

What Kills the Most Americans Every Year?

1. Tobacco: 438,0002. Alcohol: 105,0003. Secondhand Smoke:

53,0004. Car Crashes: 49,0005. Suicide: 31,0006. AIDS: 31,0007. Homicide: 22,0008. Fires: 4,0009. Cocaine/Crack: 3,30010. Heroin: 2,400

Tobacco and You

What is it?

How it affects your body?

Costs of Tobacco!

The Big Killer Sold legally &

unquestionably causes cancer

Kills 1 out of 3 people who use it as intended!

#1 leading cause of preventable death

Largest epidemic & incident of fatal disease

Millions suffer each year without actually dying

What is Tobacco?

A plant Alone it

does have nicotine

After processing is more harmful. Made into powerful drug Tobacco picked*leaves dried*aged 2-3

years*soaked in chemicals*product made

Chemicals in Tobacco 4,000 chemicals used in cigarettes 53 chemicals are known to cause cancer List of harmful Chemicals (only a few)

Nicotine-addictive drug in all tobacco products Tar-dark, thick, sticky substance when tobacco

burns Carbon Monoxide-poisonous gas Ammonia Formaldehyde Cyanide Methanol

Different Forms of Tobacco Cigarettes

Most common form tobacco used High risk for lung disease, lung cancer &

emphysema

Cigars and Pipes Produce more tar Greater risk for cancers of lip, mouth & throat

Smokeless Tobacco Tobacco ground very fine sniffed or

snuffed Higher risk for lip, tongue, mouth cancer

Nicotine’s Addictive CycleADDICTION-physical or mental need for a drug or

substance 2 minutes for nicotine to reach brain after inhaled Absorbed into bloodstream-blood pressure rises & heart rate

increases to 33 beats per minute Oxygen supply decreases & blood circulation decreases to

extremities

Physiological dependence-body feels direct need for drug

Psychological dependence-mind sends body message it needs more of the drug

Withdrawals-physical symptoms which occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

The Costs of Tobacco About 25% of population smokes

Adults & teens Personal

$6.64 pack (Pack a day= $2,424 per year) Medical costs/Dental costs Clothing costs

Society Higher medical costs/Medical Insurance premiums Lost wages from illnesses & death Taxes spent caring for sick Affects of second hand smoke

FACTSSecond hand smoke-smoke inhaled by

nonsmokers 3,000 deaths per year from secondhand smoke

Passive Smoker-people who don’t smoke but exposed to tobacco smoke on a regular basis

Mainstream smoke-smoke the smoker exhales

Sidestream smoke-smoke that comes from burning end of cigarette Most dangerous Smoke that secondhand “smokers” inhale

More Facts Replace 2 million customers a year

Death Quit

730,000 New underage smokers each year 3,000 youth become regular smokers daily 1/3

die prematurely 90% smokers start before age of 19 (legal age) 10% smokers started after age 19 Average age of 1st time user 12.5 years old UTAH STATISTICS

60% start by age 14 190,000 smokers in Utah 15% of youth in Weber County Smoke 81.5% would like to QUIT

How it affects the Body? Personal Appearance Nervous System

Circulatory System

Respiratory System

Digestive System