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Aim: What effects does tobacco have on the body?

Aim: What effects does tobacco have on the body?. Internal Knowledge Curiosity Desire Fears Likes/Dislikes. External Parents Peers Media Environment Social Norms. Influences…. Tobacco Facts.

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Aim: What effects does tobacco have on the body?

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  1. Aim: What effects does tobacco have on the body?

  2. Internal Knowledge Curiosity Desire Fears Likes/Dislikes External Parents Peers Media Environment Social Norms Influences…

  3. Tobacco Facts • In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually, or about 438,000 deaths per year • Secondhand smoke causes 3,000 lung cancer and 35,000 heart disease deaths each year. • Twenty-three percent of high school students in the United States are current cigarette smokers—23% of females and 22.9% of males. • Babies have a higher chance of SIDS when mothers smoke during pregnancy

  4. Tobacco Facts • An estimated, 20.8% of all adults (45.3 million people) smoke cigarettes in the United States. • Cigarette smoking estimates by age are as follows: 18–24 years (23.9%), 25–44 years (23.5%), 45–64 years (21.8%), and 65 years or older (10.2%). • Babies have a higher chance of SIDS when mothers smoke during pregnancy

  5. Short-term effects • Increase heart rate • Increase blood pressure • Bad breath • Coughing • Lower body temperature in extremities • Hands shake • Dizziness • Causes hands and hair to smell bad

  6. Long-term effects • Increase risk of lung diseases • Emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis • Increase risk of heart disease • Increase risk of cancer • Daily smokers live an average of 8 yrs less • Physical and psychological addiction • Yellow teeth and fingers • Wrinkled skin

  7. How to quit • nicotine gum • patches • therapy • discussion groups • hypnotism • 311 • Smokefree.gov • Keep other things around instead of cigarettes. • Try carrots, pickles, sunflower seeds, apples, celery, raisins, or sugar free gum

  8. Withdrawal • restlessness • excessively hungry • frustration, anger difficulty concentrating • loss of energy/fatigue • dizziness • stomach or bowel problems • headaches • sweating • insomnia • heart palpitations • tremors

  9. http://www.smokefree.gov/quit-smoking/nicotine_addiction.asp

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