HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE

AMELIA EARHARTPHYSICAL EDUCATION Project RAD

TOBACCO Smoking behaviors

often begin in adolescence

Advertisements encourage the idea that these behaviors are acceptable

Smoking can have devastating effects on health

WHY PEOPLE USE TOBACCO

Most adolescents do not believe there is a great risk in smoking cigarettes

Friends and family smoke Experimentation Low self-esteem, susceptibility to

peer pressure Sensation-seeking, rebelliousness,

anxiety

TYPES OF TOBACCO

Cigarettes Cigars Pipes Chewing tobacco Snuff (more finely cut or powdered for

sniffing or dipping)

What is in a Cigarette?

YOU SHOULD KNOW Smokers are more likely to die from

heart attack or stroke Women who take birth control pills and

smoke increase their risk of heart attack several times

“Light” cigarettes do not lower the risk of heart disease

After quitting, recovery time for heart attack risk to reach that of a non-smoker is 3-9 years

Smoking and the Heart!!

WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE TOBACCO Nicotine addiction It becomes a habit It is perceived as

pleasurable Arousing and

provides energy Helps concentration

and lifts mood Reduces anger,

tension, depression, and stress

Smoking effects the Brain!

EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE Acute bronchitis Chronic bronchitis Pneumonia Emphysema Cardiovascular disease

(hypertension and stroke)

Cancer Periodontal disease Osteoporosis

Smoking and your Lungs!!

A full jaw or half? You decide!

SUMMARY Tobacco use often begins during

adolescence Tobacco has harmful effects to the fetus or

unborn child Nicotine and THC harms the mind (brain)

and body systems.

Tobacco has harmful chemicals Nicotine is an addictive psychoactive drug