PPT-Chapter 20: Tobacco The Health Risks of Tobacco use

Advertisements for tobacco products often feature healthy attractive people sending the message that using tobacco has no health consequences ALL tobacco products contain warning labels that inform the user that tobacco products can be harmful to an individuals health. 12 Every year smoking kills 4 80 000 Americans and costs the nation at least 1 30 billion in medical care costs for adults and more than 15 0 billion in lost productivity imposing a heavy economic burden on private employers private health plans an 1 Tobacco Use Practices Tobacco smoking Tobacco smoking has been in vogue for hundreds of years With the spread of tobacco to Europe and other parts of the world from the sixteenth century tobacco smoking soon gained popularity in India Tobacco can b 1. Risk Behaviors. Actions that can potentially threaten you health or the health of others. 2. Recognizing Risk Behaviors. CDC routinely survey’s teens. Are surveys reliable?. 3. Cumulative Risks. Drugs most commonly used through injection are:. Cocaine. Heroine. Methamphetamines. Steroids. In the 2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2.3% of high school students reported having injected an illegal substance during their lifetimes. . Products - 2009 . Tobacco Control Act. - Regulate cigarettes and smokeless . t. obacco . p. roducts . - Ban tobacco-brand . sponsorships of . sports & entertainment . - Ban . free . giveaways. Lesson 9.2 Why People Use Tobacco. Lesson 9.3 Treating and Preventing . Nicotine Addiction. The Health Effects of Tobacco. Lesson 9.1. Nicotine. An addictive drug. Is classified as a stimulant. Cigarettes. Cured and finely cut tobacco rolled in a paper. Cigarettes usually have a filter on the end. . More than 4,000 different chemicals have been found in tobacco and tobacco smoke. . Among these are more than 60 chemicals that are known to cause cancer. . Financial Costs to Society. $193 billion in annual health-related economic losses. $95 billion in medical expenditures. College Students and Tobacco Use. Estimated 19 percent reported having smoked in the past 30 days in a 2007 study. at Postsecondary Institutions in Minnesota. Meghan R. Mason. 1,2. , MPH, Katherine Lust. 2. , PhD, MPH, RD, Julia Sanem. 2. , MPH, . David Golden. 2. , BA, BS, Maria Rudie. 3. , MPH. 1. St .Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN, . Settings. Policy and Practical . Approaches. March 30, 2017. Sponsored . by.  . Maryland Behavioral Health Administration. Presented . by. MDQuit Resource Center. The Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy. Do you have anyone in your family or a family friend that smokes cigarettes or uses chewing tobacco? If so, how does it make you feel?. Please write a question that you would like answered by the end of this unit or a topic you would like to cover that relates to tobacco use?. Only a few decades ago, people smoked on airplanes, in movie theatres, in restaurants & at work. Today, people know a lot more about the dangers of tobacco, & it’s not as socially acceptable to smoke. The policy will prohibit the use of all tobacco-based products, including cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, hookahs, chewing tobacco, snuff, and . electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes, vaping products, IQOS, as well as any other forms of tobacco.. Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates. After it . is picked. , it is dried, ground up, and used in different ways. It can be smoked in . a cigarette. , pipe, or cigar. It can be chewed (called smokeless tobacco or .