4. Smoking Prevention
• Tobacco use primarily begins in adolescence
– 1/3 of all smokers have smoked before 14
– 90% of all smokers begin before 21
– Current trends predict 6.4 million current children
smokers will die prematurely due to smoking
5. Mortality Statistics
• Tobacco use is the #1 preventable cause of
death in the World.
– Smoking causes 440,000 deaths per year
– This equates 1 of every 5 deaths
– Each year an estimated 35,000 deaths are
attributed to exposure to second hand smoke
– The average smoker dies 13-14 years earlier than
non-smokers
6. Mortality Statistics
• Leading Causes of Death from
smoking
• Lung Cancer (124,000 per year)
– Cancer is the #2 leading cause of
death in the world.
• Heart Disease (111,000 per year)
– Heart Disease is the #1 leading
cause of death in the world.
• Chronic Lung Disease (82,000)
– Chronic Lung Disease is the #4
leading cause of death in the world.
8. Cancers You Get From Smoking
•Bladder cancer
•Cervical (Cervix) cancer
•Kidney cancer
•Lung cancer
•Mouth cancer
•Stomach cancer
•Laukemia cancer
•Pancreas cancer
•Esophagus cancer
•Larynx cancer
9. Victims
(Non-Contributor)
Con tributors
Believe circumstances are more
powerful than they are
Believe that they as human
beings, can shape the
circumstances they are in
Live in the comfort of the known Willing to fail and grow beyond
the known
Constantly blame others for
their circumstances or problems
Take responsibility for their own
problems and solves
Depend upon other to find
answers for them
Rely on themselves and their
own solution (instead of waiting
for others to find answers)
10. Smoking Related Illnesses
Cancers
Bladder Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Leukemia
Lung Cancer
Oral Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Aneurysm
Artherosclerosis
Cerebrovascular
Disease
Coronary Heart
Disease
Respiratory Disease
Chronic Bronchitis
Emphysema
Pneumonia
Reproductive Effects
Fetal Death
Fertility Issues
Low Birth Weight
Pregnancy
Complications
Other Effects
Cataract
Diminished Health
Low Bone Density
Peptic Ulcers
11. Nicotine has been shown to
decrease metabolic activity
throughout the brain,
making it less active.
12. From “Victims” to “Creator of my Destiny ” one
should come out from his “Comfort Zone”.
Victim (Non-Contributor):
• Do not try New things
Live in the comfort of the known
Contributor:
• Try the New things
• Willing to fail and grow beyond the known.
13. Interview of a Person , addicted of
smoking
Q:When and why did you decide to start smoking cigarettes?
A: I was 17. My friends smoked. It seemed kind of cool, and I
felt like it became part of a rebellious identity for me. I was
kind of a innocent, so it was a way to rebel without doing
anything truly scary.
14. Q. How did smoking affect your health and day-to-day life?
A: I noticed it was difficult for me to go up stairs and to catch my
breath. Every morning I would wake up and cough up gross stuff. I
would catch colds more easily. I couldn’t smell it then, but I began
to once I started quitting.
When I smoked, If it wasn’t allowed, I would have to leave my
friends at the table and go outside. As more and more of my friends
quit, I was left outside by myself.
It was also expensive. I bought more packs than I intended to
because I would run out faster than I thought I would — and that
got very expensive.
15. Q: How many years did you smoke cigarettes?
A: I smoked for five years. By the end, I was
smoking a half pack to a whole pack a day. At that
point, I always wanted to smoke.
Sometimes I had to smoke first thing in the
morning, and there’s nothing grosser than having a
cigarette at 6 a.m.
16. Q. What made you decide to quit smoking?
A: I always felt guilty about it, and I got tired of the health effects.
I always knew I needed to quit, but I had to try between 5 and 10
times before I was successful.
When I was in high school, I was a peer anti-smoking educator. I
talked to younger kids and health classes, informing them about
the health risks of smoking. I knew what I was doing to myself.
Everyone knows it’s bad, but I had an especially informed
perspective on it.
17. The Teen Mind
• The Teen Mind differs from the Adult Mind
– The Limbic System, which is the centre for
emotion, is well developed in adolescence
– The Frontal Cortex, which controls emotion, is not
fully developed
• Psychosocial
– This is a period of turmoil and a search for identity
– Teens often turn to peers to aid in the search for
identity
18. Addiction
• What causes Nicotine to be addictive?
– Nicotine binds to receptors in the brain that
activate the reward system (limbic system)
– The smoker is rewarded for smoking which then
positively reinforces the smoker
– Nicotine alters brain function in a fashion that
requires nicotine in order to maintain normal
levels of dopamine (neurotransmitter that acts in
limbic system)
19. Addiction in Teens
• Is addiction different in teens?
– Teens seek sensation due to there emotional
nature
– Nicotine acts on the same parts of the brain that
cause there emotional states
– Teens are more likely to start smoking because of
peers
20. WORK for NO SMOKING
• The goal is to educate
teens and adults on
what smoking actually
does to the human
body
• The field trip is
designed to appeal to
the emotional mind of
teens
• In the end, this will
reduce teen smoking