Be a Smoke-Free Deputy

A Presentation for Children in Grades K-6by Barbara Schwedel,Walden University

What You Will Learn Today WHY smoking is so dangerous WHO is endangered by tobacco WHAT all of us can do

Programs for quitting and preventionSmoking bans

HOW you can helpBe a Smoke-Free Deputy

Junior Deputies: Grades K to 3

Senior Deputies: Grades 4 to 6

Sheriff Stubb M. Outt

Tobacco Products: Background Information Tobacco: Plant from which cigarettes are made Ingredients: Nicotine, tar, and other chemicals Different forms:

Cigarettes

Chewing tobacco

Cigars

Pipes

Nicotine, an Addictive Drug

Tobacco products contain the chemical nicotine. Nicotine is a drug, which means it is a chemical that

does things to the body. Once a person starts smoking, nicotine sometimes

makes it difficult to stop. This is called addiction.

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What Cigarettes Do to the Outside of the Body

Make a person smell like smokeGive a person bad breathTurn teeth yellowTurn fingers yellowContribute to wrinkles

This won’t help!

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What Cigarettes Do Inside the Body

Smoking damages nearly every organ of the body, such as The lungs (see drawings) The brain The heart

Lungs of a Healthy Nonsmoker

Discolored Lungs of a Smoker

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What Kind of Diseases Can Smoking Cause?

Heart disease Cancer Lung disease, such as asthma

Patient using asthma medicationDrawing of the human heart

How Smokers Might End Up

• Some may get very sick. • Some may die.

Numbers Relating to Cigarette Smokers

About 21% of American adults smoke cigarettes.

Half of long-time smokers will die a tobacco-related death.

Adult smokers die 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.

Smokers are 2 to 4 times more likely to get coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.

Compared with “never smokers,” men smokers have 23 times the chance – and women smokers 13 times the chance – of dying from lung cancer.

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About 443,000 U. S. Deaths a Year Can Be Blamed on Cigarettes

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Who Else Is Affected by Smoking?

“Secondhand smokers”: Who Are They? Adults and children around smokers Unborn babies of mothers who smoke (doctors

recommend that pregnant mothers do NOT smoke) YOU may be a “secondhand smoker”! And you were never

given a choice!

Smoker (But why the smile???) “Secondhand smoker”

Some Dangers of Secondhand Smoke Secondhand smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing

chemicals.

Secondhand smoke causes hundreds of thousands of cases of lung disease each year in children, including babies.

Pregnant smokers have a greater chance than nonsmokers of delivering babies not weighing enough to be healthy.

Nonsmokers who are near secondhand smoke at home or work increase their chances of heart disease and lung cancer.

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WHAT We Can Do About Smoking Quitting programs (“smoking cessation”)

Numerous methods, eg, patches, gums, counseling

Each year only 2% to 3% of smokers are successful in quitting.

Prevention programs: Since it is so difficult to quit smoking, that’s a great reason not to start in the first place!

Smoking bans: When smoking is not allowed in certain areas in order to avoid secondhand smoke.

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Where Can a Smoking Ban Be Put Into Effect? Cars Workplaces Restaurants/bars Public places (eg, hospitals and colleges) Public transportation (eg, trains and buses)

How Is a Smoking Ban Put Into Effect? State laws City laws

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WHERE Do We Already Have Smoking Bans? As of July 2009:

There were 31 states with “100% smokefree” laws for restaurants, bars, workplaces, or some combination.

Four more states were scheduled to have these laws soon. There are also more than 3000 cities and towns in the

United States that have smoking bans for at least one of these types of locations.

Some places also have other bans (hospitals, airports).

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How You Can Help

Become a Smoke-Free Deputy Take actions that will support

smoking bans

Sheriff Stubb M. Outt

Junior Deputies: Grades K to 3

Senior Deputies: Grades 4 to 6

Junior Deputies Tell your relatives and friends

what you learned today. Make posters for your school. After your teacher gets the

necessary permissions, make posters for public places, like malls and hospitals.

Write a letter to your local newspaper.

Senior Deputies Do research:

Action on Smoking and Health provides an entire list of websites for children and teens:

Think about your beliefs about smoking and smoking bans—Then write letters to your lawmakers and local newspapers.

Find out if anybody in your area is currently trying to get a smoking ban passed.

If you find a smoking ban campaign, discuss what you can do to help with your teacher.

http://ash.org/teens.html

Smoking Bans Can Help Fight Secondhand Smoke At places with smoking bans, nonsmokers will not

have to be near smoke. With smoking bans at places where YOU go, YOU,

YOUR FAMILY, and YOUR FRIENDS will not be exposed to secondhand smoke at those places.

You are invited to become a Smoke-Free Deputy.

You’re invited…

Questions?Questions?

Sheriff Stubb M. Outt

Conclusion

Thank you for your attention Become a Smoke-Free Deputy Smoke-free: It’s the way to be…

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References and Credits

NOTE: The template used for these slides is the standard PowerPoint Oriel template/theme.

References: Published articles U. S. government websites Other well recognized websites, such as

MayoClinic.com

If you want a reference list for yourself or your parents, please let your teacher know.

Credits:

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Drawings: Clip Art.

Pie chart graph: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

Presentation Appendix

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