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SPONSORS
• Highlands Medical Center
• Jackson County Medical Society
• Jackson County Legislature Delegation
Program Objectives
Increase knowledge of short-termeffects and image-based
consequencesof tobacco use
Illustrate costs of using tobacco
Identify reasons why people use tobacco
Learn how advertising influences people
to buy and use tobacco
Activity 1
What is your estimation of tobacco use?
• Adults who use tobacco
• 10th graders that use tobacco
• 5th graders that use tobacco
Activity 1 Exercise
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My Age Group 10th Graders Adults
Use TobaccoDon’t Use Tobacco
Tobacco users are in the minority for all age groups!
Activity 2Short-Term Effects of Tobacco Use
What are some short term effects of tobacco use?
Write your short term effects on the sticky note and put them onto our sticky man!
Bad breath/zoo breath
Yellow teeth and fingers
Spit stains on clothes andshoes
Tobacco smoke odor on clothes and hair
Coughing/hacking/hurling phlegm
Less money to spend onother things
Activity 2Short-Term Effects of Tobacco Use
Use $5.00 as the average price of one pack of cigarettes.
How much does it cost to use tobacco for:
One week?
One month?
One year?
50 years?
Activity 3Costs of Tobacco Use
$5.00 X 7 = $35.00
$35.00 X 4 = $140.00
$140.00 X 12 = $1,680.00
$1,680 X 50 = $84,000.00
Students: Stand up! Hold your nose
and run in place whilebreathing ONLY
through the sour straw.
Smoking makes breathing
difficult, especially during
exercise.
What if you had to breathe like that the rest of your life?
Activity 4Straw/Breathing Exercise
DON’T EAT IT!
Cool Image
Lose Weight/Be Thin
Peer Pressure
Nicotine Addiction/Relaxation
Looking Older/Being Grown-Up orLike Parents
Advertising
Activity 5Reasons People Use Tobacco
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Good Looks/Glamour – girlsappear to beyoung, pretty,well-dressed
Cool Image – guyappears to bestrong, tough,
ingood shape
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Low Tar/Light – cigarette filtersappear to
reducerisks or makesmoking safer
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Hanging Out/Dating – girlsand boys don’tappear to bebothered by
eachothers’ smoke
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Friends/Popularity –
“popular people”
appear to allsmoke and
havemany friends
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Flavored Cigarettes –
made to appear
good-tasting,cool, refreshing
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
What tobacco ads DON’T show:
Ash trays
Lit cigarettes
Cigarette butts
Breathingdifficulties fromsmoking
Lung cancer
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
What tobacco ads DON’T show:
Yellow teeth andfingers
Wrinkled skin
Burnt holes inclothes
Spit stains fromchewing tobacco
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
What tobacco ads DON’T show:
How tobaccoREALLY tastes –
hot, bitter, andwill burn yourmouth and
lungs
Bad breath/zoobreath
Tobacco and the Movies
The major studios account for 90% of kids on-screen tobacco exposure.
82% of PG-13 films contain tobacco use. Smoking in movies is the most powerful pro-tobacco influence on children, accounting for 52% of adolescents who start smoking. And smoking in movies is supposed to be illegal!
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
Some examples movies and television shows that contain tobacco use:
Activity 5Tobacco and Advertising
A Activity 6What’s in a Cigarette?
What do you think is in a cigarette?
Do you really want to put this stuff into your body?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyBkylYnqU
A
• Emerging tobacco products are being marketed as safer and harmless alternative
• They are made to look like candy to appeal to a younger customer
Activity 7Emerging and Flavored Tobacco
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many cigarettes are smoked around the world everyday?A.4 billionB. 2 millionC.15 billionD.25 billion
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many cigarettes are smoked around the world everyday?
C. 15 billion
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many people die from tobacco every year around the world?A. 1 millionB. 500,000C. 4,000D. 5 million
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many people die from tobacco every year around the world?
D. 5 million
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many men in the world currently smoke cigarettes?
A. 1 millionB. 1 billionC. 9 millionD. 20 billion
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many women in the world currently smoke cigarettes?
A. 100 millionB. 5 billionC. 2 millionD. 250 million
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
How many women in the world currently smoke cigarettes?
D. 250 million
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
What country manufactures the most cigarettes in the world?
A. JapanB. ChinaC. United StatesD. Australia
Activity 9Tobacco Abroad Trivia
What country manufactures the most cigarettes in the world?
B. China
Activity 10 Electronic Cigarettes and Vapor Cigarettes
Do you know what vapor and electronic cigarettes are?
• Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cigs) are battery operated devices that contain nicotine-filled cartridges.
• Vapor Cigarettes contain mist that contains flavorings and nicotine that is inhaled
Activity 10 Electronic Cigarettes and Vapor Cigarettes
With a vapor cigarette you’re inhaling water.
Would you stick your head in a swimming pool and breathe?
Activity 10 Electronic Cigarettes and Vapor Cigarettes
These are marketed to have many different flavors. They even have a Skittles flavored e-Cig.
If you want a skittle why not eat one instead of smoking it?
It sure is a lot healthier for you!
Activity 12Poster and Video Contest
• Posters are due April 16th
• Must be hand drawn
• The poster must be an original and POSITIVE message
• TOBACCO (NOT DRUGS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFcphFan_WE&app=desktop