Health - Tobacco

Statistics In Teen Smoking

-Approximately 80% of adult smokers started smoking before age 18 -Every day, nearly 3,000 young people under the age of 18 become regular smokers -Nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before high school graduation.

Types Of Tobacco

-Chewing tobacco -Snuff -Pipes -Cigars -Cigarettes.

Carbon Monoxide

-Colorless, odorless, poisonous gas, released by burning tobacco -Interferes with blood's ability to carry oxygen -Same gas from car exhaust; if inhaled directly, can be fatal -"Silent killer."

Smokeless Tobacco

-Cracking/bleeding lips and gums -Receding gums, which can eventually make teeth fall out -Increased heart rate

Second - Hand Smoke

-Mainstream Smoking -What a person inhales.

Passive Smoker

-Person who inhales sidestream smoke -Smoke inhaled by non - smokers.

Nicotine

-Psychoactive substance -Very addictive -Causes physical dependence.

Sidestream Smoke

-Rises from cigarette when smoker is not inhaling -Contains 2 times more nicotine and tar, and 5 times more Carbon Monoxide than mainstream -Non - smokers who live with smokers have 20 - 30% HIGHER risk of dying from heart disorders than non - smokers who live with non - smokers.

Chemicals In Tobacco

-Stimulant -More than 4,000 chemicals -10% are carcinogens or poisonous -3 Most poisonous chemicals; nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide.

Tar

-Tiny pieces that - when inhaled into the lungs, condense and form a sticky coating on bronchial tubes -Same road - paving substance -Destroys cilia.

Passive Smoking: What It Can Cause

1. Heart disease 2. Eye irritation 3. Ear infections 4. Emphysema 5. Asthma 6. Cancer.

Oral Cancer

1. Lips 2. Tongue 3. Cheeks 4. Gums -Anywhere in mouth.

Cancer

1. Stomach 2. Esophagus 3. Bladder.

Carcinogens

Cancer - causing agents.

Psychoactive Substance

Causes mood/behavior change.

Mainstream Smoking

Passes through the tobacco and filter when the smoker inhales.

Cilia

Waving hair - like projections, working to keep respiratory tract clear.