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Deaths in North Carolina from Smoking 14200 adults who die each year from their own smoking 180000 youth under 18 in NC will ultimately die prematurely from smoking Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular disease CVD which is the single largest cause of death in the US . 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 Breakout Session. How . a Creative Partnership Saved a Health Department's Youth Tobacco Prevention Program. 5,000 Students and Counting. Angela Brumley-Shelton, MA, MPH, . CTTS. Lexington-Fayette County Health . 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. . 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.. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7-zIa6-Es&index=5&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. 80% of adult smokers started smoking as teenagers!!!!!!!!!!!!!. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDpJTTDZP8&index=2&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. Saving Life 2019: Our Election Priorities . Protect workers and the community from second-hand smoke in bars and clubs . Protect workers and the community from second-hand smoke in bars and clubs . Election Priority: Lynne Stauff, MPA. Tobacco Section. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Tobacco Dependence IS a Chronic Disease. Similar to diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, hyperlipidemia . Expectation for remission and relapse. 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?. What is the difference between cigarettes and e-cigarettes?. Cigarettes. Nicotine. Psychoactive drug in . cigarettes. . . Tar. . The dark, sticky substance . that. . forms when . tobacco . burns. 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. Early years. Nonsmokers’ rights movement. Propositions 5 and 10 in 1978 and 1980. Local ordinance strategy. Proposition 99 (1988). 25 cent tobacco tax. 5 cents for tobacco control. 2 cents for research. The Toll of Tobacco. Toll of Tobacco on Michigan. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of death in Michigan with 16,200 adults dying each year from smoking.. We most often think of smoking and the lungs, but smoking harms nearly every organ in the body.. 10/2023. The Case For Change . Tobacco is the one of the most . preventable causes of ill health. , disability and death, responsible for . 64,000 deaths . in England a year. Almost every minute of every day someone is .