The truth you need to know …•Learning Target:•I can explain the risks of using tobacco products and the impact on my health.•I can define smokeless tobacco.•S.C.: I completed stations about smokeless tobacco.

Enters body through the gums• Placed between the cheek and gum line

Additives cut gums• Sand, grit, fiberglass, etc.

Openings allow nicotine to enter blood system

Chewers secrete more saliva• Swallow harmful chemicals

Chewing is just as addictive as smoking!!

1 can of chew has as much nicotine as 60 cigarettes!

Chance of getting cancer is 50 times more likely if you chew.• Oral cancer affects 30,000 Americans each

year

Decreased sense of smell

Decreased sense of taste

Dental problems Receding gums Bad breath Discolored teeth** Short term effects

become permanent!

Mouth sores Gum disease

• Gums pull away from teeth

Cancer• Mouth, lip, throat,

stomach, etc. Digestive & Urinary

system damage Leukoplakia

Thickened, white, leathery-appearing spots on the inside of the mouth• Between the cheek

and the gum line Pre-cancerous

Determine team name Determine team leader

1. Notes: Respiratory System Disorders• Copy to your notes (purple)

2. Word Search/Word Scramble• 1 of each per team

3. Notes: Smokeless Tobacco Facts• Copy on to bottom of notes (purple)

4. Anti-Tobacco Advertisement• Target audience = 1st Grader• 1 advertisement per team

5. Sean Marsee Article – Read/Discuss6. Pictures

• 1 list of adjectives per team

7 stations 5 minutes per station

• Turn in team papers as you rotate Team points:

• Anti-tobacco Advertisement• Word search/Word Scramble• Adjectives for pictures

Prize to the winning team!

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