4 1 work file Yakira Barnes

Name: Yakira Barnes
Date: 02/17/15
School: Aliceville High School
Facilitator: Mrs. Hinton
Work file 4.1 Beyond the Smoke Screen
Use the links provided in the lessons to complete this study guide for Tobacco.
Health Effects of Smoking
1. Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide.
2. The average cost for an adult smoker is $4,260.
3. Cigarette smoke contains over 7000 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer.
4. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, and is a main cause of lung cancer and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema), coronary heart disease, stroke and a host of other cancers and diseases.
5. Men tend to smoke more than Women.
6. Smoking in pregnancy accounts for an estimated 20 to 30 percent of low-birth weight babies, up to 14 percent of preterm deliveries, and some 10 percent of all infant deaths.
7. Nicotine is the ingredient in cigarettes that causes addiction.
8. Quitting smoking often requires multiple attempts. Using Counseling or medication alone increases the chance of a quit attempt being successful; the combination of both is even more effective.
9. List three over the counter medications that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to aid in quitting smoking.
a. Nicotine Patches
b. Nicotine Gum
c. Nicotine Lozenges
Secondhand Smoke
10. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke causes diseases and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke.
11. Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or cancer causing. Name five of these chemicals.
a. Formaldehyde
b. Benzene
c. Vinyl Chloride
d. Arsenic Ammonia
e. Hydrogen Cyanide
12. Workplace productivity was increased and absenteeism was decreased among nonsmokers compared to smokers.
Facts and Figures
13. There are 600 ingredients in cigarettes.
Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke and other places they are found:
14. Acetone – found in Nail Polish Remover
15. Acetic acid – an ingredient in Hair Dye
16. Ammonia – a common household Cleaner
17. Arsenic – used in Rat Poison
18. Benzene – found in Rubber Cement
19. Butane – used in Lighter fluid
20. Cadmium – active component in Battery acid
21. Carbon monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
22. Formaldehyde Embalming fluid
23. Hexamine – found in barbeque Lighter Fluid
24. Lead – used in Batteries
25. Naphthalene – an ingredient in Mothballs
26. Methanol – a main component in Rocket fuel
27. Nicotine – used in Insecticide
28. Tar – material used for Paving roads
29. Toluene – used to manufacture Paint
Smokeless Tobacco Products
30. Smokeless tobacco contains 28 cancer causing agents (carcinogens) or known causes of human cancer.
31. There are two main types of smokeless tobacco used in the US, chewing tobacco and snuff.
Why Kids Start Smoking
32. List five reasons kids start smoking.
a. Their Parents are smokers
b. Peer Pressure - their friends encourage them to try cigarettes, and to keep smoking.
c. They see smoking as a way of rebelling and showing independence.
d. They think that everyone else is smoking and that they should too.
e. Tobacco Advertising targets teenagers.
33. Cigarette companies shape their advertising campaigns to portray smokers as cool, sexy, independent, fun, attractive and living on the edge. These images are appealing to many teens. As a result, they try smoking and many get hooked.
What FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products Really Means
34. The “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to grant FDA authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sales of tobacco products.