Tobacco Notes

Tobacco

I. What’s in a cigarette?

1. Stimulant – drug that increases the functioning of the (CNS). - Increased HR, BP,

Breathing, etc.

2. Nicotine – Addictive substance in cigarettes.

3. Carcinogen – Cancer causing substances.

4. Carbon Monoxide – Colorless, odorless, poisonous gas.

5. Tar – Thick, dark, sticky, fluid produced when tobacco burns.

II. Immediate effects on the user

- Yellow teeth - Premature aging

- Yellowing fingertips - Bad breath

- Smelly hair - Gum disease, tooth damage

Immediate Effects continued….

- Decrease taste buds

- decrease sense of smell

- Loss of $$

III. Effects on the body

1. Stroke – Lack of oxygen to the brain

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2. Emphysema

- Air sacs burst

- Can’t absorb oxygen

3. Chronic Bronchitis

- Tar covers the cilia in airways, causing them to become paralyzed

4. Asthma

- Bronchial Tubes Constrict

5. Cancer

- uncontrolled cell growth

IV. Effects on the non Smoker

1. Passive Smoke – (Second hand) The smoke that is inhaled by those who aren’t smoking

2. Mainstream smoke – Smoke inhaled and exhaled by the smoker

3. Sidestream Smoke – Smoke from the burning tip

Tobacco During Pregnancy

- Low birth weight

- Premature birth

- Respiratory problems

- SIDS

- Still birth

- Small fetal growth

- Increased behavioral/Intellectual problems

- passed through breastfeeding

Smokeless Tobacco

- 10 times the carcinogens into blood stream

- 1 can of chewing tobacco = 60 cigarettes (nicotine)

- Leukoplakia – small white, leathery patches on the inside of the mouth from chewing tobacco.

- Non-cancerous when they appear, but can

become if untreated