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Tobacco Where to get help? If you or a friend needs help or for more information: Log on: www.ourguideto.co.uk Text: 07781 472 746 Tel: 0121 569 2201 Email: [email protected] Some nicknames for cigarettes are: fags, ciggies, fakes, burns, tabs. A nickname for tobacco is: baccy. What it’s like Tobacco comes from the dried leaves of the tobacco plant. It is found in cigarettes, cigars and other products. Tobacco is usually smoked but can also be chewed. Cigarette smoke contains over 4000 chemicals, including arsenic, tar, ammonia hydrogen cyanide and nicotine. After 20 minutes: • Blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal • Circulation in hands and feet improve After 8 hours: • Chances of a heart attack start to fall After 1 day: • There’s no more carbon monoxide left in your body • Lungs start to clear out mucus and other debris Nicotine is a physically addictive drug. It is one of the reasons people find it so difficult to give up smoking. Smokers also get used to smoking and it becomes part of their daily routine. This makes it very hard to stop. When you smoke, nicotine reaches your brain in 7-10 seconds. It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under age 18. After 2 days: • Sense of taste and smell improve After 3 months: • Coughs and breathing problems get better • Yellow tobacco stains on the teeth disappear After 18 months: • Lungs have completed their task of clearing out tar and other poisons THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! The benefits of giving up smoking START as soon as you STOP! Illegal Cigarettes Did you know that there are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke! And that’s the ones we can regulate in the shops, illegal ones contain even more! Remember it is illegal to buy cheap cigarettes from other countries then bring them back here to sell on to others. Not only can that person be arrested and/or fined but they are also doing their buyers a lot of harm. There are strict rules on how cigarettes are made and what goes into them and some of the cheap one’s don’t always follow the same rules meaning they can contain anything at all! People who smoke these cigarettes are putting themselves at more risk of getting smoking related illnesses. Giving Up... There are lots of ways to stop smoking and lots of people who can help! If you are 12 and over you can get Nicotine Replacement Therapy to help with your cravings. This could be patches, nicotine gum and many more. So if you’re thinking about stopping smoking why not have a chat with a learning mentor at school or even the school health nurse. They will be able to put you in touch with someone who can help and might even be able to offer you support themselves! If you’re worried about talking to someone at school you can always get in touch with DECCA directly to arrange an appointment, just see the ‘Where to get help?’ section at the bottom of the page, and don’t forget we are a confidential service. If you smoke tobacco it can make you: • Feel light headed • Feel as though you are more relaxed • Feel dizzy • Feel sick and throw up Top Facts • One in two smokers die from a smoking related illness. • Many house fires are caused by carelessly discarded cigarettes. • Smoking 20 cigarettes a day for a year costs about £1750. • It is illegal to smoke in enclosed public and certain other places. • Feel lacking in energy • Unwell/ill much more often It can also make your: • Fingers and teeth yellow • Breath smell • Body and clothes smell • Sense of taste and smell worse • Friends not want to be around you because you smell • Someone you fancy not want to go near you as you smell and taste bad • Muscles weaker Big Guide to... Cannabis, Tobacco and Volatile Substances The DECCA Team DECCA (Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice) are Sandwell’s Young People’s (18 & under) drug service.
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Where to get help?If you or a friend needs help or for more information:Log on: www.ourguideto.co.ukText: 07781 472 746Tel: 0121 569 2201 Email: [email protected]
Some nicknames for cigarettes are: fags, ciggies, fakes, burns, tabs. A nickname for tobacco is: baccy.
What it’s like
Tobacco comes from the dried leaves of the tobacco plant. It is found in cigarettes, cigars and other products.
Tobacco is usually smoked but can also be chewed.
Cigarette smoke contains over 4000 chemicals, including arsenic, tar, ammonia hydrogen cyanide and nicotine.
After 20 minutes: •Bloodpressureandpulse
rate return to normal•Circulationinhandsandfeet
improve
After 8 hours:•Chancesofaheartattack
start to fall
After 1 day: •There’snomorecarbon
monoxide left in your body•Lungsstarttoclearout
mucus and other debris
Nicotine is a physically addictive drug. It is one of the reasons people find it so difficult to give up smoking.
Smokers also get used to smoking and it becomes part of their daily routine. This makes it very hard to stop.
When you smoke, nicotine reaches your brain in 7-10 seconds.
It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under age 18.
After 2 days: •Senseoftasteandsmell
improve
After 3 months: •Coughsandbreathing
problems get better•Yellowtobaccostainson
the teeth disappear
After 18 months: •Lungshavecompleted
their task of clearing out tar and other poisons
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!The benefits of giving up smoking START as soon as you STOP!
Illegal CigarettesDid you know that there are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke! And that’s the ones we can regulate in the shops, illegal ones contain even more! Remember it is illegal to buy cheap cigarettes from other countries then bring them back here to sell on to others. Not only can that person be arrested and/or fined but they are also doing their buyers a lot of harm. Therearestrictrulesonhowcigarettesaremadeandwhatgoesintothemandsomeofthecheapone’sdon’talwaysfollowthesamerulesmeaningtheycancontainanythingatall!Peoplewhosmokethesecigarettes are putting themselves at more risk of getting smoking related illnesses.
Giving Up...There are lots of ways to stop smoking and lots of people who can help! If you are 12 and over you can get Nicotine Replacement Therapy to help with your cravings. This could be patches, nicotine gum and many more.Soifyou’rethinkingaboutstoppingsmokingwhynothavea chat with a learning mentor at school or even the school health nurse. They will be able to put you in touch with someone who can help and might even be able to offer you support themselves!Ifyou’reworriedabouttalkingtosomeoneatschool you can always get in touch with DECCA directly to arrangeanappointment,justseethe‘Wheretogethelp?’sectionatthebottomofthepage,anddon’tforgetweare a confidential service.
If you smoke tobacco it can make you:•Feellightheaded•Feelasthoughyouare
more relaxed•Feeldizzy•Feelsickandthrowup
Top Facts •Oneintwosmokersdiefromasmokingrelatedillness.
•Manyhousefiresarecausedbycarelesslydiscardedcigarettes.
•Smoking20cigarettesadayforayearcostsabout£1750.
•Itisillegaltosmokeinenclosedpublicandcertainotherplaces.
•Feellackinginenergy•Unwell/illmuchmoreoften
It can also make your:•Fingersandteethyellow•Breathsmell•Bodyandclothessmell
•Senseoftasteandsmellworse•Friendsnotwanttobearound
you because you smell•Someoneyoufancynotwant
to go near you as you smell and taste bad
•Musclesweaker
BigGuideto...Cannabis,Tobacco and Volatile Substances
The DECCA Team
DECCA (Drug Education, Counselling and
Confidential Advice) areSandwell’sYoung
People’s(18&under)drugservice.
Cannabis Some nicknames are: skunk, bud, black, draw, weed, grass, ganja, marijuana and boo-da.
Top FactsCannabis can make you:•Chillout•Actsilly•Feelparanoid•Feelrelaxed•Feelhungry(munchies)•Throwup•Laughatnothing(giggly)•Passout•Vulnerabletobeingattacked•Fallover•Dosomethingstupid
The effects depend on loads of different things and can be different each time you use.
Cannabis comes in different strengths. If you use a type that is stronger than you are used to it can have a totally different effect than you expected.
There have been reports in the press that cannabis can trigger underlying mental health problems. This would mean that some people who use cannabis are increasing their chance of having a mental health problem. Some people might smoke (or use other drugs)becausetheydon’tfeelgood anyway. The trouble is that they run the risk of making a bad situation even worse. Perhaps you have heard people say that there are no risks with cannabis. It is worth remembering that NO drug is risk free and that definitely includes cannabis.
Important FactsPeople who use cannabis dailyandfeeltheycan’tgowithout it have reported these symptoms to us:•Paranoia •Depression •Lethargy •Voluntaryexclusionfrom
society•Lackofinterestinanything •Sweatsandshakespriorto
first spliff of the day•Nightterrors •Nightsweats •Insomnia •Suddenlyshakingawake
throughout the night•Aggression •Violenceandthreatening
behaviour when in need of cannabis (especially to family/friends in order to get money to buy cannabis).
What it’s like
Cannabis comes from the hemp plant. It can come as the dried form of the plant (1), as a resin (2) or as an oil (not pictured). It can be eaten or smoked.
A cannabis cigarette is known as a spliff or joint. These are hand rolled cigarettes with cannabis and usually tobacco in them. Remember tobacco kills over 100,000 people each year and is a physically addictive drug. Some people believe tobacco is the biggest danger of smoking a spliff or joint but cannabis comes with risks as well.
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THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!Cannabis is ILLEGAL!There’salwaysalotoftalkaboutwhatclassit should be.
Itdoesn’tmatterwhatyoucallit;weed,skunk,cheese,bud,chronicand all the other names, it is still cannabis and it is still illegal. Forthemostuptodateinformationvisit:www.ourguideto.co.uk
Volatile SubstanceSome common ones are butane (lighter and aerosol gas), some glues, nail varnish/remover and petrol.
Top FactsIf you use volatile substances they can make you:•Feellightheaded•Feelafalsesenseof
confidence•Laughalot(oftenatthingswhicharen’tthatfunny)
•Saythingsyouwouldn’tnormally
•Becomeoverfriendlyandtoo trusting of others
•Becomestupidandsilly•Feelsickandthrowup•Havedoublevision•Loseyourbalanceandmake
you unsteady on your feet•Cry and get upset•Feeloversensitiveto
harmless comments•Makeafoolofyourself•Fallasleepandpassout•Becomedepressed•Becomeaggressive•Becomeangry•Becomeviolent•Haveanaccident
e.g. get run over, fall over and hurt yourself
•Haveahangover(thisisrare)
•Seeandhearthingsthataren’tthere(hallucinate).
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!WhenVSareusedforthepurposetheyareintended,suchasdeodorant to make you smell nice, they are pretty safe. When they are misused or used to try to get high the following can happen:
Butane(thegasinaerosols)makestheheartmoresensitivetoadrenalin. If your body releases adrenalin (and this can happen with as little as moving around) it can stop the heart and may cause death. This is known as Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.
It can cause fatal accidents as it can make people do things they wouldn’tusuallydoandmakethemunsteadyontheirfeet.
VS kill more people under the age of 15 than any other drug. They also kill more first time and experimental users than any other drug. It doesn’t matter how many times you have used, each time is as risky.
The top 4 causes of death from VS since 1972 are: 1. DirectToxiceffects(heartfailure) 53.5% 2.Trauma/Accidents 16.2% 3.Inhalation(choking)onownvomit 14.5% 4. PlasticBag/Suffocation 11.4%
What it’s likeVolatileSubstances(knownasVS)arethecollectivenameforchemicals that can be inhaled to get high.
There are hundreds of different typesofVS.
They come as liquids or gases that give off fumes.
The sale of lighter refill (butane) gas and some types of glue is illegal to under 18’s.
Shop keepers can also refuse to sell to anyone they believe will misuse the product(s).
