Tobacco

Name the 6 types of tobacco products:

• cigarettes• chewing tobacco• snuff (dip)• pipe tobacco• cigars• herbal cigarettes

2. What is the addictive drug found in all forms of tobacco?

Nicotine

3. Name the colorless, odorless gas found in cigarette smoke that blocks the oxygen from getting into the bloodstream.

Carbon Monoxide

4. List the short term effects that can be seen very soon after a person

begins to smoke:– a. Stimulates the

brain reward system– b. increases heart

rate and blood pressure

– c. increases breathing rate

– d.  increases blood-sugar levels

– e. stimulates the vomit reflex

5. List the long term effects of tobacco use:

•addiction• bronchitis &

emphysema• heart and

artery diseases

•cancer

How can using tobacco affect your immune system?

Chemicals in smoke reduces the activity of the immune system so you are more likely to get sick. Damaging the immune system increases your chances of suffering from diseases such as cancer

What is the difference between the following

types of smoke?a. Side stream smoke – smoke from the burning end of the cigarette

 b. mainstream smoke - smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker

c. secondhand smoke – combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and side stream smoke.

How can tobacco use affect a pregnancy?

Anything the mother takes into her body the baby also takes in. The carbon monoxide in tobacco products cuts down the oxygen supply to the baby increasing your chances of birth defects, premature births, miscarriage, still births etc…

How does tobacco use affect

families and society?

• Costs society money in medical care, insurance costs, accidental fires etc…

• Costs the family money (buying tobacco products, lost of wages, medical bills, funeral costs).

What are some things you can do if you want to quit

smoking?• Decide that

you can do it• Get started• Change your

habits• Set goals• Get support

What are some of the benefits of being tobacco

free?

Less chance of getting sick, not smelling like smoke, better taste of food, money, etc…