What’s in a What’s in a Cigarette?Cigarette?What’s in a What’s in a Cigarette?Cigarette?Cigarettes contain toxic ingredients & chemicals like:

Hmm..?

How Tobacco Affects the How Tobacco Affects the BodyBody

How Tobacco Affects the How Tobacco Affects the BodyBody

What happens to you and your body when you use tobacco even

for a short time?

Smelly Clothes & Smelly Clothes & HairHair

Smelly Clothes & Smelly Clothes & HairHair

Bad BreathBad BreathBad BreathBad Breath

Yellow Teeth and FingersYellow Teeth and FingersYellow Teeth and FingersYellow Teeth and Fingers

Coughing/HackingCoughing/HackingCoughing/HackingCoughing/Hacking Hurling/PhlegmHurling/PhlegmHurling/PhlegmHurling/Phlegm

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Smokeless tobacco is just as harmful as Smokeless tobacco is just as harmful as cigarettes cigarettes

Smokeless tobacco is just as harmful as Smokeless tobacco is just as harmful as cigarettes cigarettes

The chemicals in smokeless tobacco The chemicals in smokeless tobacco destroy cells and tissues, which leads to destroy cells and tissues, which leads to

mouth sores. . .mouth sores. . .

Secondhand SmokeSecondhand SmokeSecondhand SmokeSecondhand Smoke

What you inhale from other

people’s smoke: More than 4,000

chemicals More than 200

poisonsMore than 50 carcinogens

Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause children

to develop: asthma bronchitis pneumonia respiratory infections ear infections

Healthy Lung Smoke-damaged Lung

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How Tobacco Affects the How Tobacco Affects the BodyBody

Did Smoke

Did NOT

Smoke

How Tobacco Affects the How Tobacco Affects the BodyBody

How Tobacco Affects the How Tobacco Affects the BodyBody

How How Tobacco Tobacco

Affects the Affects the BodyBody

How How Tobacco Tobacco

Affects the Affects the BodyBody

AddictionAddictionAddictionAddiction

WrinklesWrinklesWrinklesWrinkles

Mouth CancersMouth CancersMouth CancersMouth Cancers

Skin DamageSkin DamageSkin DamageSkin Damage

Throat CancerThroat CancerThroat CancerThroat Cancer

PsoriasisPsoriasisPsoriasisPsoriasis

Heart DiseaseHeart DiseaseHeart DiseaseHeart Disease

Lung DiseaseLung DiseaseLung DiseaseLung Disease

Stomach UlcersStomach UlcersStomach UlcersStomach Ulcers

CataractsCataractsCataractsCataracts

Any type of smoking affects your breathing. To see how your lungs feel when you smoke, place a straw in your mouth, hold your nose, breathe only through the straw, and run in place for one minute.Smokers run slower and

can’t run as far.

Straw Breathing ActivityStraw Breathing Activity Straw Breathing ActivityStraw Breathing Activity

Reasons People Use Tobacco-Peer Reasons People Use Tobacco-Peer PressurePressure Reasons People Use Tobacco-Peer Reasons People Use Tobacco-Peer PressurePressure

Some people say they start using tobacco

because of their friends or peer pressure.

Some people say they start using tobacco

because of their friends or peer pressure.

You can say “NO” to peer pressure! How??? . . .

• Be direct and confident• Say “No, thank you”• Use humor• Switch the topic

You can say “NO” to peer pressure! How??? . . .

• Be direct and confident• Say “No, thank you”• Use humor• Switch the topic

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Teens start using tobacco because they THINK it: is glamorous makes them look older is cool will make them popular

Teens start using tobacco because they THINK it: is glamorous makes them look older is cool will make them popular

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Tobacco/Nicotine is actually a stimulant. It speeds up the heart rate It increases blood pressure Revs up the body

Tobacco/Nicotine is actually a stimulant. It speeds up the heart rate It increases blood pressure Revs up the body

Reasons People Use Tobacco--Reasons People Use Tobacco--AddictionAddiction Reasons People Use Tobacco--Reasons People Use Tobacco--AddictionAddiction

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances know to man!

Once people start, it’s veryhard to quit!

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances know to man!

Once people start, it’s veryhard to quit!

In just one hour — the time it takes to present Tar Wars to your classroom— the tobacco industry will spend more than $1 million on advertising created to get

people to start using their products. 

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising Advertising

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising Advertising

Tobacco companies

almost always depict tobacco

users as young, attractive, and

popular.

Marketing-Movies, Television & The Marketing-Movies, Television & The InternetInternet

Marketing-Movies, Television & The Marketing-Movies, Television & The InternetInternet

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The Hobbit Don’t be fooled…“Cheap” “Tax Free” “Free Shipping” does not make tobacco

any less DEADLY. It is also ILLEGAL to buy

tobacco if you are under 18!

Ads, movies and television depict

smoking as a glamorous and enjoyable act

with no ill effects. 

82% of PG-13 rated movies show

tobacco use. TV shows do it

too!  

Marketing-Flavored Tobacco Marketing-Flavored Tobacco ProductsProducts Marketing-Flavored Tobacco Marketing-Flavored Tobacco ProductsProductsTobacco companies have introduced products that are

packaged to look and taste like candies, mints, and gum to entice young buyers.

 

Tobacco/Nicotine products in any shape or flavor are bad for your health.

. 

Marketing-Electronic Cigarettes Marketing-Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cig/Vaping) (E-Cig/Vaping) Marketing-Electronic Cigarettes Marketing-Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cig/Vaping) (E-Cig/Vaping)

Tobacco companies try to fool you into thinking these products are somehow better than smoking

regular cigarettes.

DON’T BE FOOLED—DON’T GET HOOKED

Tobacco companies have

developed nicotine products that emit

aerosol vapor instead of smoke.

Marketing-- Marketing-- HookahsHookahs Marketing-- Marketing-- HookahsHookahs

A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke tobacco.

Up to 200 times the amount of smoke inhaled = more nicotine.

Shared mouthpieces risk getting colds, the flu, oral herpes, and other illnesses.

The cost of a pack of cigarettes ranges from $4.00 to $11.00

The average cost in Idaho is$6.00

Cost of Tobacco Cost of Tobacco UseUse Cost of Tobacco Cost of Tobacco UseUse

Do the math!!!

$6 per pack x 7 days = $42/week$42 per week x 4 weeks = $168/month$168 per month x 12 months = $2,016/year$2,016 per year x 10 years = $20,160

Cost of Tobacco UseCost of Tobacco UseCost of Tobacco UseCost of Tobacco Use

What else could you buy with this money?

What else could you buy with this money?

• What did you learn today?

• Now, let’s brainstorm some ideas for a positive message for

the poster contest.

Presentation SummaryPresentation SummaryPresentation SummaryPresentation Summary

POSTERS SHOULD:

• Reinforce the Tar Wars tobacco-free message

• Emphasize the positive aspects of being tobacco-free

• Be colorful and neat

• Use correct grammar and punctuation

Poster ContestPoster Contest Poster ContestPoster Contest

Madalyn Schutte2012 Idaho Tar Wars

Poster Contest

Thank You

for participating in

Tar Wars is supported in part by grants from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Idaho Millennium Fund.