Tobacco

By Breanna McCain, Evan Moussaid, and Savannah Owens

Tobacco

By Breanna McCain, Evan Moussaid, and Savannah Owens

What is in Tobacco?

• Tobacco contains – Nicotine (causes addiction)– Tar

• Tobacco smoke contains– Carbon monoxide– Nitrogen oxide

How is Tobacco Used/Abused?

• Used in-– Smoking

• Cigarettes• Cigars• Pipes

❖Can also be chewed or sniffed❖Abused when people smoke so much that they get addicted

due to the nicotine.

Legal Consequences

• If under 18 & caught, it can lead to-– Fines– Educational classes– Community service

Effects of Tobacco

• Nicotine, the main chemical produced by exploiting tobacco, is a stimulant

• Nicotine acts on the brain by stimulating different receptors including Dopamine, the “feel good” brain chemical

• Also stimulates the Adrena Medulla, creating adrenaline

• Makes people feel alert

Administering Tobacco

• The FDA has only recently began regulating tobacco (2009)

• Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act• It is illegal to advertise tobacco products on

television• Surgeon General’s warning found on every pack of

cigarettes in the U.S.

Dangers of Tobacco

• Lung Cancer• Bronchitis• Throat Cancer• Tongue Cancer• Mouth Cancer• Increased Risk of Stroke• High Blood Pressure

• Infertility• Birth Defects• Tooth/Gum Disease• Macular Degeneration• Aneurysms

How Tobacco is Grown/Manufactured

1. The tobacco plant is harvested.2. Then it’s dried and broken up into pieces by a

machine.3. Then artificial flavoring and chemicals are

added before the tobacco is turned into products such as cigarettes, cigars, or snuff.

Statistics

http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tobacco/Unit4/1whats_in.html

http://ash.org/resources/tobacco-statistics-facts/

Statistics Continued1. Worldwide, approximately 10 million cigarettes are purchased a minute, 15 billion are

sold each day, and upwards of 5 trillion are produced and used on an annual basis.2. There is enough nicotine in four or five cigarettes to kill an average adult if ingested

whole. 3. Ambergris, otherwise known as whale vomit is one of the hundreds of possible

additives used in manufactured cigarettes.4. Radioactive lead and polonium are both present in low levels in cigarette smoke.5. Secondhand smoke contains more than 70 cancer-causing chemical compounds.6. Kids are still picking up smoking at the alarming rate of 3,000 a day in the U.S., and

80,000 to 100,000 a day worldwide.7. Worldwide, one in five teens age 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes.8. Approximately one quarter of the youth alive in the Western Pacific Region (East Asia

and the Pacific) will die today from tobacco use.9. Tobacco use is expected to claim one billion lives this century unless serious anti-

smoking efforts are made on a global level.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/tobaccofacts.htm

Quiz Time! 1. Tobacco affects:

A)1 in 5 teens B) 1 in 3 teens C) 1 in 10 teens D) It does not affect teens 2. True or False: It is now illegal to advertise tobacco products on TV.3. Consequences of underage tobacco use include all EXCEPT:

A) Heavy fines B) Educational Classes C) Jail time D) Community Service4. Cigarette ingredients may include all of the following EXCEPT for______

A) Whale Vomit B) Tar C) Lead D) Tree Sap 5. Which of the following is Not a type of Cancer from overusing Tobacco?

A) Tongue Cancer B) Tooth Cancer C) Throat Cancer D) Lung Cancer