Tobacco and Nicotine

What is the most addictive drug in America?

What is the addictive drug in tobacco?

What effect does it have on the brain?

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Nicotine

What is it? Colorless and

Odorless Drug Stimulates the CNS Causes both

Physical and Psychological Dependence

Where is it found? Cigarettes Cigars Dip Chew Snuff Pipe Tobacco

General Facts

400,000 die a year in U.S.Almost one a minute90% of smokers start before age 18About 25% of U.S. adults smoke.About 21% of VA high school students

smoke50,000 die from second hand smokeMost advertising is directed at teens, also

smoking in movies and TV

Short Term Effects of Smoking

Yellow teeth, finger, and fingernailsBad breath“Hairy tongue”High costCoughing (6 times more common)Wrinkles (premature aging)Yellow walls and ceilings

Life Threatening Problems

Heart Disease– #1 cause of early death– 760,000 deaths a year– Smoking enlarges and weakens the heart– Smoking causes arteries to clog up

What are some Life Threatening Problems associated with smoking?

Cancer

Emphysema

Stroke

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Life Threatening Problems

Emphysema– Mostly caused by smoking– Air sacs in lungs are destroyed– Always short of breath– May need oxygen to get around– Never gets better, only gets worse– Transplant in extreme cases – Millions have it.– 15,000 die each year

Life Threatening Problems

Lung Cancer– 90% caused by smoking– Low survival rate– Uncontrolled growth in lungs that spreads– Not usually found until late stages– Treatment: Removal, Radiation,

Chemotherapy

Life Threatening Problems

Stroke– Clogged artery in brain– Mostly caused by smoking– One of leading causes of death– If you don’t die, you can be paralyzed on

one side

Life Threatening Problems

Beurger’s Disease– Only in smokers– Causes poor

circulation in feet, hands

– May lead to tissue death and amputation

– Gets worse the more you smoke

Secondhand Smoke

Can cause cancer in nonsmokers.

Can cause SIDS(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Low birth weight and respiratory infection in children

Life Threatening Problems

Voice Box Cancer– Voice box removed and other nearby

tissue– Breathe through hole in throat– Cannot taste food, blow nose– Must remove mucus through hole in neck– Must talk by burping– Cancer could spread

How much does it cost to smoke?

One pack costs- $4.54 Packs of cigarettes bought

or smoked by kids each year 17.8 million

Annual health care costs in Virginia directly caused by smoking $2.08 billion

Calculate how much it would cost you to smoke one pack a day for the next 5 years.

What else could you do with that money?

Tobacco Ads

Tobacco Ads

Tobacco companies spend over $12 billion dollars a year on advertising.

That’s about $34 million a day.

Why do they spend so much money?

Stay Smoke Free