Coach Clausi

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Tobacco 101

Traditional Vs. CommercialTobacco

TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL

• Smoked in a pipe for ceremonial purposes

• Used as an offering to a healer, elder or other person as a sign of respect or thanks

• Medicinal tobacco was often used as a painkiller

• Deliberate targeting of specific consumer groups

• Premeditated and conscious addition of chemicals that lead to addiction

• Scarcely contains actual tobacco

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Commercial TobaccoContents

• 4000 Chemicals

• 40 Cancer causing agents

• 500 Poisons

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Nicotine• Poisonous

• More addictive than cocaine and heroine

• So powerful that farmers can’t use it to kill insects

• Legal addiction

• Use results in emotional dependence

Mood leveler

Users rely on it to control emotional responses to everyday life 4

Carbon Monoxide

• The compound in car exhaust that causes death

• Causes shortness of breath

• Reduces the amount of oxygen blood can carry

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Tar

• Sticky Residue that stains the fingers and teeth.

• Contains benzopyrene, one of the deadliest cancer causing agents known.

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Chemicals

• Acetone: fingernail polish remover

• Ammonia: floor/toilet cleaner

• Cadmium: batteries

• Arsenic: rat poison

• Methane: cow manure fumes

• Formaldehyde: preserver of dead bodies

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Metals

• Aluminum

• Magnesium

• Zinc

• Silicon

• Titanium

• Silver

• Lead

• Copper

• Mercury

• Heavy metals

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NicotineHard Habit to Quit

• On a milligram for milligram basis, is 10 timesmore potent than heroin as an addictive substance

• Smoking is an over-learned behavior

• Pack/day smoker estimates

6 doses (puffs)/cigarette

20 cigarettes per day

= 43,800 doses per year!

• Few behaviors occur more often. . .

Breathing

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NicotineHard Habit to Quit

Withdrawal Symptoms

Anxiety 87% * Irritability 80% *

Difficulty Concentrating 73% *

Restlessness 71%

Tobacco

Cravings 62%

Gastrointestinal Problems 33%

Headaches 24% Drowsiness 22%

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TobaccoIndividual Costs

A pack a day habit…

1 Year = $1,680 10 Years = $16,800 20 Years = $33,600

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• Chew, Snuff, plug, leaf, and dip are all forms of smokeless tobacco

• If you hold the average-sized dip in your mouth for 30 minutes you get as much nicotine as you would from 2-3 cigarettes

Smokeless TobaccoFacts & Stats

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• Contains 28 cancer-causing chemicals

• One can of Copenhagen is equal to 3 packs of cigarettes

• Snuff dippers consume on average 10 times more cancer-causing substances (nitrosamines -- chemicals from the curing process) than cigarette smokers

Smokeless TobaccoFacts & Stats

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Effects of Smokeless Tobacco

• Tooth Abrasion

• Gum Disease

• Gum Recession

• Heart Disease and Stroke

• Cancer in the mouth, pharynx (voice box), esophagus and pancreas.

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Effects of Smokeless Tobacco

• Increased heart rate

• Increased blood pressure

• Bad breath

• Reduced sense of smell

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Tobacco & Cancer

• Smoking is a major cause of cancers of the oropharynx (base of the tongue) and bladder among women.

• Women who smoke have increased risks for cancers of the pancreas and kidney.

• Larynx and esophagus cancer rates are also elevated.

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Tobacco & Cancer

Cancerous tumor in the lung

Small cell cancer in Smoker’s lung

Healthy lungs

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Tobacco & Diabetes

• Smoking and Diabetes both reduce the amount of oxygen reaching your bodily tissues, resulting in poor circulation.

• Smoking raises your blood sugar level making it harder to control your diabetes.

• Of people with diabetes who need amputations, 95% are smokers.

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Tobacco & Diabetes• Nicotine is a vessel constrictor, reducing

the body’s blood flow. Smoking increases cholesterol levels and hardens arteries.

• Diabetes increases cholesterol levels and the levels of some other fats in your blood.

• The combined cardiovascular risks of smoking and diabetes is as high as 14 times those of either smoking or diabetes alone.

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Secondhand Smoke

• Smoke breathed out by a smoker and smoke from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, pipes

• Composed of nearly 4,000 different chemicals and over 150 toxins including carbon monoxide

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Children & Secondhand Smoke

• 38% of children aged 2 months to 5 years are exposed to SHS in the home.

• Up to 2,000,000 ear infections each year

• Nearly 530,000 doctor visits for asthma

• Up to 436,000 episodes of bronchitis in children under five

• Up to 190,000 cases of pneumonia in children under five

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Children & Secondhand Smoke

• Coughing and wheezing

• Asthma

• Sore throats and colds

• Eye irritation

• Hoarseness

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Pregnancy & Secondhand Smoke

• Pregnant women exposed to ETS 6 hours a day pass carcinogens to the blood of unborn

• ETS for 2 hours a day causes 2 times risk of low birth weight

• Miscarriage

• Prematurity

• Low birth weight

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

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What You Can Do…

• If you smoke quit as soon as possible!

• Do not allow smoking inside your home or car – protect others from Secondhand smoke.

• Get involved with tobacco awareness campaigns – let others know about the risk!

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When You Quit…• Within 20 Minutes:

Blood pressure drops to normal

Pulse rate returns to normal

Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal

• Within 8 Hours:

Carbon Monoxide level in blood drops to normal

Oxygen level in blood increases to normal

Smoker's breath disappears

• Within 24 Hours:

Your chance of a heart attack decreases.

• Within 48 Hours:

• Nerve endings start to re-grow

• Your ability to smell and taste is enhanced25

When You Quit…• Within 72 Hours:

Bronchial tubes relax making it easier to breathe.

Lung capacity increases making it easier to do physical activities

Within 2 weeks - 3 months:

Circulation improves

Walking becomes easier

Lung function increases up to 30 %

• Within 1 - 9 months:

Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease

Energy level increases

Cilia re-grow in lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean lungs, reduce infection  26

When You Quit…• Within One Year:

Risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker

• Within Two Years:

Heart attack risk drops to near normal

• Within 5 Years:

Lung cancer death rate for average pack-a-day smoker decreases by almost half

Stroke risk is reduced

Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is half that of a smoker 27

When You Quit…

• Within 10 Years:

Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a person who does not smoke.

The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.

• Within 15 Years:

Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.

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