Created by T Stivers

Edited Aug 2013

Schindewolf Intermediate School

Lesson 1

Chapter 21 Lessons 1-3

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What is the number one cause of premature death in the United

States?

Tobacco use

That could have been prevented!

Forms of Tobacco

• Cigarettes

• Cigars

• Chewing Tobacco (held in cheek)

• Snuff (goes up your nose or in mouth)

• Dip (held in lip)

• Snus (goes in lip and can be swallowed)

• Shisha (hookah)

HookahA hookah is a water pipe used to smoke

tobacco through cooled water.

•Does not filter out carcinogens

•Even cooled smoke has toxins

•Addictive – 100-200 times more smoke inhaled in a 60 min session

•Higher levels of arsenic, lead, and nickel

•36 times more tar

•15 times more carbon monoxide

Tobacco Plant

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•Contains a drug called ________ that is _________

•Nicotine is a _________ which:

•Raises blood pressure

•Increases heart rate and CNS

•Accelerates the release of dopamine, which effects are associated with pleasure, emotions and addiction

“nicotine”

stimulant

addictive

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Tobacco gives off _____________ ___________ smoke (the burn-off

smoke) which has the highest concentration of ____________,

_______ and_______ .

A __________ is what we call any cancer-causing substance.

carcinogen

second-hand

carcinogens

(sidestream smoke)

nicotine tar

Activity: What kind of chemicals and substances are found in a

cigarette?

Check the bag....

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Cigarettes contains:• Carcinogens - 43 (including cyanide,

formaldehyde, and arsenic) The Smoke contains:• Tar - thick, sticky dark fluid produced when

tobacco burns– Destroys cilia, alveoli (air sacs), destroys lung

tissue (more likely to get pneumonia, bronchitis, & cancer)

• Carbon monoxide - Colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas– Replaces oxygen in the blood, increases HBP

and heart disease, and hardening of the arteries