Nicotine Facts. Why do we teach kids about smoking?
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Transcript of Nicotine Facts. Why do we teach kids about smoking?
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Nicotine Facts
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Cigarette Smoke
Chemicals found in cigarette smoke There are 100s of chemicals in the smoke The most dangerous are
Tar Nicotine Carbon Monoxide
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What is Tar?
Damage lung tissue Considered main cancer causing agent
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What is Nicotine?
Enters the body through smoking or chewing Poison found in tobacco leaves Effects the brain within four seconds of
entering the body Narrows blood vessels Creates addiction in the brain
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Addiction and Tolerance
Addiction – the mental and physical need for a drug
Tolerance – the body’s increasing need for a
drug to get the same effect.
Once you build up tolerance your body is getting physically addicted.
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Nicotine’s Effects
Short Term Effects
Long Term Effects
What’s the difference??
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Short Term Effects
Reduced oxygen to the lungs and body Increased Heart Rate Increased Blood Pressure“Smokey” Cloths and HairCoughLight-headed feeling from Nicotine Rush
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Long Term Effects
Heart Disease Lung Cancer Mouth / Throat Cancer Bronchitis Emphysema Yellow Skin and Teeth Facial Wrinkles
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Reasons to Quit
The body begins to repair itself as soon as a person stops smoking.
Heart Rate returns to normal after about 20 minutes without Nicotine.
Second Hand Smoke no longer effects those around you.
Money is saved from the cost of smoking.
$7per day X 365 = @$2,550 per year
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Second Hand Smoke
The dangers of second hand smoke are the same as a regular smoker
The amount and depth of inhalation influences the degree of absorption.
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If we can figure out why people start, we can help ourselves not start