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The Truth About Tobacco

Tobacco is one of the leading causes of preventable death, claiming more lives than alcohol, AIDS, and car crashes combined. The long-term effects include cancer, respiratory diseases, and heart attacks, while short-term consequences involve addiction, yellowed teeth, and costly habits. Many young people begin using tobacco due to aggressive marketing strategies that target youth. With over 3.5 million youth currently using tobacco, understanding the truth about its dangers and addictive properties is crucial. Learn more about the facts behind tobacco and the myths that surround it.

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The Truth About Tobacco

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  1. The Truth About Tobacco

  2. Tobacco Truths LONG TERM: • Cancer • Respiratory disease • Heart attack • When used as directed – kills people • SHORT TERM: • Makes your teeth yellow and clothes smell • Extremely addictive • Very costly – to all of us • Legal problems

  3. More Tobacco Truths • Tobacco kills more people each year than • Alcohol • AIDS • Car crashes • Illegal drugs • Murders • Suicides • Homicides • COMBINED!

  4. Tobacco Myths • It’s relaxing • Everyone’s doing it, so I should too • You’re only hurting yourself if you use • I’m 18, I have the right to choose to smoke

  5. More Tobacco Myths • Smokeless is safer than smoking • It is not as addictive as… • People can quit anytime they want • THE TRUTH IS… Nicotine is more addictive than alcohol, heroin, or cocaine

  6. Why Do People Even Start? • The Tobacco Industry knows how to market! • They spend over $12.8 BILLION in the U.S. each year • That’s $35 MILLION A DAY on advertising!

  7. Marketing Works! • Research shows that youth are 3 times as sensitive to tobacco advertising that adults • 1/3 of underage experimentation is attributable to tobacco advertising • 81% of youth smokers prefer Marlboro, Camel and Newport- the 3 most heavily advertised brands

  8. They NEED it to Work! • They know that 90% of smokers started in their teens • They MUST get replacement smokers. • Their customers DIE!

  9. Youth Tobacco Use • Over 3.5 Million youth under 18 are current tobacco users • 1/5 are current smokers by the time they leave high school • 13.1% of 10th graders & 6.5% of 8th graders are current smokers

  10. Youth Tobacco Use • 3,500 youth under age 18 try smoking for the first time each day • 1,000 of them become regular daily smokers • Youth consume 800 Million packs of cigarettes each year ($2 Billion in revenue)

  11. What’s in the Stuff Anyway? • 599 ingredients that when burned ignite over 4,000 dangerous chemicals • Over 50 of which are KNOWN to cause cancer

  12. What’s in the Stuff Anyway? • Some of the common ingredients include: • Ammonia • Acetone • Arsenic • Cyanide • Formaldehyde • DDT • Cadmium

  13. Tobacco’s Toll on US • 400,000 smokers die each year • 50,000 nonsmokers die each year • 1,200 people will lose their lives TODAY because of tobacco • That’s one person every 72 seconds

  14. Secondhand Smoke • 15.5 Million kids in the U.S. are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home • Waiters and Waitresses who work in a smoke-filled restaurant or bar inhale enough 2nd hand smoke to have smoked 2 packs during an 8-hr shift!

  15. Secondhand Smoke • Contains all the same harmful chemicals as the smoke from the cigarette • Chemicals stay in air, and in fabric, etc for extended period of time • Third-hand smoke is becoming a problem!

  16. For more information… • Texas School Safety Center: • www.txssc.txstate.edu/si • 877-304-2727 • Ruby Moore • Program Manager • rm72@txstate.edu • For statistical information: • www.tobaccofreekids.org

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