INTRODUCTION

Smoking has become a very common habit for teens over the years. Teens have become a specific target for tobacco companies and peer pressure. Thus, the goal of our project is to find out : the main influence of teenage smokers

the long term effects of becoming a teen smoker

TEEN TOBACCO USE

• • The onset of tobacco use usually occurs during childhood and adolescence – 90% initiate before age 19.

• In the US,3,900 people age 12-17 years start smoking everyday.

• 1,500 become regular ,daily smokers.

RISK FACTORS FOR INITIATING TOBACCO USE :-

• Friends who smoke.• Parents’ behaviors and attitudes.• Co morbid psychiatric disorders.• Anxiety ,ADHD ,substance abuse.• Concerns about weight gain.

TEENS WHO USE TOBACCO ARE:-

• More likely to be psychologically distressed, abuse other substances.

• Less likely to be attached to parents, do well in school, participate in extracurricular activities, know the adverse effects of smoking.

EFFECTS OF LONG TERM SMOKING Respiratory problems Heart disease Aneurysms Bronchitis Emphysema Stroke Addiction to Nicotine Cancer Lung Cancer Leukemia Throat cancer

TEEN TOBACCO ADDICTION• • Those who begin as teens• Nicotine dependence is more severe if

use • begins in adolescence• • Are more likely to become dependent• • Use for more years• • Use more heavily as adults• • Increased vulnerability may be due to

still developing brain

WHY DOES TOBACCO USE BEGIN?

• Annual tobacco marketing - $10 billion/years

• • Very effective with youth• • Promotions lower cost of

cigarettes• • Free tobacco paraphernalia• • Smoking depicted in magazines,

movies

WHAT’S IN A CIGARETTE

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