Tobacco 101
These are the things that are made with tobacco
What are cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, e-cigarettes, & vaping?
These are some of the side effects of tobacco use
What is bad breath, yellow teeth & fingers, hard time breathing, white patches in mouth, & wrinkles?
This is why people find it very hard to stop using tobacco once they start
What is addiction?
The nicotine in tobacco makes your brain NEED more & more.
Besides in real life, this is where kids can see people using tobacco.
What is movies, TV, music videos, and video games?
This is the most dangerous of all the chemicals in tobacco.
What is Nicotine?
Nicotine is an addictive chemical that is found in the tobacco leaf.
These are some of the diseases you can get from using tobacco products
What is Cancer, clogged & damaged hearts, and sick lungs
This is how the nicotine gets to your brain
What is by your blood?
The nicotine travel by your blood vessels to all parts of your body, doing damage and making you addicted
This is the one type of tobacco product that is allowed to make TV and radio commercials
What is vaping (e-cigarettes)?
It has been illegal to advertise all other tobacco products since 1971
What are batteries, car exhaust, gasoline, household cleaners, and rat poison?
This is a way cigarette smoking impacts your family & friends
What is SecondHand Smoke?
All the chemicals in tobacco can make people sick only by breathing in the smoke
These are ways someone knows they are addicted
What is needs tobacco products to feel “normal”; gives up activities or won’t attend events where tobacco use is not allowed; continues to use despite health problems?
These are places almost 90% of kids see ads for all kinds of tobacco products
What is Social Media?
Besides ads for tobacco products, people are paid money to smoke, chew, and vape in their pictures on social media
This is how old you have to be to buy tobacco products
What is 21 years old?
Do any of you know people younger than 21 that smoke, chew tobacco, or vape?
These are things that kids can get if they breath too much secondhand smoke
What is asthma, lots of ear infections, difficulty breathing or coughing?
This is what people who are addicted to tobacco products feel when they try to quit
What is withdrawal symptoms such as shaky hands, sweating, irritability, or fast heart rate?
This mean Disney lady is shown smoking in this animated movie
Who is Cruella Deville from 101 Dalmatians?
This is how many people DIE every day from using tobacco
What is 480,000 people?
That is more than COVID or car accidents
This is how many years earlier you may die if you use tobacco products
What is 10 years?
Because of the damage tobacco does to your body, people who use tobacco can expect to live 10 years shorter.
This is what you can do to help someone to quit
What is give them love and support?
Tell them that you love them and want them to quit. Be ready for their crabbiness, and how hard it is for them
This is how much money is spend EVERY HOUR advertising to get kids to use tobacco products.
What is 1 million an hour?
And remember...that is not on TV and radio.