TOBACCO AND SOCIETY

Chapter 12 - Lesson 2

Smoking – don’t get sucked in!!! Tobacco use among adults has declined

over 40% since 1965.

75% of adults DO NOT use tobacco

After a lawsuit in 1998, tobacco companies have agreed not to use cartoon characters and other methods that might attract children and teens.

Tobacco Addiction

VocabularyAddiction – a physical or psychological need

for a drug

Physical dependence – type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug

Psychological dependence – an addiction in which the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug

You Can Quit! In 2000, 70% of teen smokers said they regretted

having started

44 million American adults are now former smokers

In order to quit, tobacco users have to go through withdrawal.

Withdrawal – physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance

Withdrawal Physical Symptoms

Cravings Headaches Shakiness Fatigue Increase appetite Nausea

Psychological Symptoms

Feeling irritable Nervous Anxious Sad Trouble thinking during

day Trouble sleeping at night

Secondhand smoke – air that has been contaminated by tobacco smoke

Mainstream smoke – smoke that a smoker inhales and then exhales

Sidestream smoke – smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe

Sidestream smoke contains twice as much tar and nicotine as mainstream smoke

The Costs to Society

Public Health?

Nation’s Economy?

Pregnancy?

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LESSON 3 – CHOOSING TO BE TOBACCO FREE

Why do teens start using tobacco:

INTERNAL INFLUENCES:

Stress Weight Image Independence Peer acceptance

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Role models Peers Media Advertising Family member/

other adults

How not to start:

Choose friends who don’t use tobacco

Avoid situations where tobacco may be used

Use refusal skills

Strategies for Quitting

Vocabulary

Cold turkey – stopping all at once

Nicotine patch – medication that allows tobacco users to give up tobacco right away while gradually cutting down on nicotine

Ch. 12 Review

1. Name a cigarette that can be sold in health stores but even more dangerous as a regular cigarette.

BIDIS

2. The powerful, addictive drug found in tobacco leaves and all tobacco products.

Nicotine

3. Name three external influences that causes teens to smoke.

Role models, media, family members

4. Dark, thick sticky liquid that forms when tobacco burns

Tar

5. Tiny, hairlike structures that protect the lungs

Cilia

6. How does tobacco affect a pregnancy?

Cause low birth weight Increase chances of SIDS Premature birth

7. Name short terms effects on the respiratory system caused from smoking.

Shortness of breath, coughing, frequent colds and flu, increases asthma and allergies

8. What is cold turkey? Stopping all at once – way to quit

9. What is another name for smokeless tobacco?

Chew

10. What are nicotine patches and gum used for?

Medications that help tobacco users quit

11. Over time, the _________ that gets into a user’s lungs can make breathing difficult and lead to lung disease and cancer.

Tar

12. Once it passes from the lungs to the bloodstream, ___________ reduces the amount of oxygen that blood cells can carry.

Carbon monoxide

13. What is a physical or psychological need for a drug?

Addiction

14. Name physical symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Head aches, nausea, fatigue

15. To reach for some type of tobacco when beginning certain activities is a ____________ dependence.

Psychological

16. What type of smoke is exhaled from the lungs of a smoker?

Secondhand

18. Name the smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette.

Sidestream

19. Name a strategy to avoid starting using tobacco.

Choose friends that do not use tobacco Avoid situations where tobacco may be used Use refusal skills

20. List internal influences that may cause teens to smoke.

Stress, weight, image, peer acceptance, independence

21. Name the 5 forms of tobacco. Cigarette, Cigar, smokeless, loose,

specialty cigarette