choosing to live tobacco- free teens and tobacco benefits of living tobacco-free quitting tobacco...
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Choosing to Live Tobacco-Free
Teens and Tobacco
Benefits of living Tobacco-Free Quitting Tobacco Use
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Fewer teens are starting to use tobacco
• The number of nonsmokers in the U.S., including teens is on the rise. However, some teens are influenced by tobacco company advertisements and other pressures.
• Teens start smoking falsely believing smoking help control weight or cope with stress, with help them mature or be more independent.
• Fact smoking reduces body’s capacity for physical activity, actually leads to weight gain, health problems caused by tobacco use and nicotine dependency increases the chances of higher stress level
• Teens can also be influenced by tobacco products being used by movies, TV, and advertisements, media images can have a convincing affect on young people
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• CDC reports that 88% of high school students nation wide do not smoke, this is up from 65% just a few years ago
• Tobacco legislation: in 1998, tobacco companies and 46 states reached a legal settlement that restricts tobacco advertising aimed at young people, they are required to fund ads that discourage young people from smoking; it is illegal to purchase tobacco in the U.S under the age of 18
• No-smoking policies: legislation has limited smoking in public places and businesses
• Family values: teens whose parents avoid tobacco are more likely to avoid it themselves
• Positive peer pressure: teens who do not smoke act as healthy role models for other teens
• Health risks: more teens understand that tobacco can lead to diseases
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A tobacco-free lifestyle has many benefits
• Strategies for avoiding tobacco:– Surround yourself with positive influences:
people who share your healthy-living values and beliefs with strengthen commitment
– Reduce peer pressure: stay away from situations where tobacco products may be used, reduce the chance of being pressured to use tobacco
– Be prepared with refusal skills: practice in advance what you will say if offered, be assertive, leave the situation if the pressure continues, be confident and stand up for healthy choices
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There are good reasons for quitting tobacco use
• They begin to have health problems, such as asthma, coughing, or respiratory infections
• They realize the high cost of tobacco or find it difficult to purchase tobacco products if they are under 18
• They realize that using tobacco can lead toother risky behaviors, such as the use of alcohol and other drugs
• They understand the damaging effects of secondhand smoke and do not want to harm others
• They feel more powerful because they are not controlled by an addiction to nicotine
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• Overcoming nicotine addiction can be difficult• Common to experience symptoms of nicotine
withdrawal – process that occurs in the body when nicotine, an addictive drug is no longer used (irritability, difficulty concentration, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and cravings for tobacco)
• To relieve symptoms use nicotine substitutes – products that deliver small amounts of nicotine into the user’s system while they are trying to give up the tobacco habit (gum, patches, nasal sprays, and inhalers)
• Some are OTC, others will require a doctor’s prescriptions
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• Getting help to quit tobacco use:
– Prepare for the quit day: set a target date, stick to it
– Get support and encouragement: tell everyone your plan
– Access professional health services: seek advice from doctor, enroll in a tobacco cessation program – a course that provides information and help to people who want to stop using tobacco
– Replace tobacco use with healthy behaviors: sugarless gum or carrots until craving stops, physical activity, good nutrition, avoiding drugs and alcohol, use stress-management techniques