Week 15: May 18-21

Important Reminders•Volunteer Hours Due in 3 weeks (June 10) •Computer Lab 211 on Thursday•Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco unit continues this week.

Day 70: May 18

•Computer Lab 211 to work drug posters▫Logbook Check ▫Sign-up for topics

Day 71/72: May 19/20

•Objective: Write and describe the consequences of smoking.

•Warm-up: What was one new thing you learned from the Alcohol T/F?

•Activities: ▫Video- Smoking: Truth Or Dare

10 items you learned Logbook Check

▫Cigarette Ingredients

Smoking

What’s in a cigarette?

Nicotine & Tar•Nicotine: Nicotine causes a short-term increase in blood pressure, heart rate and the flow of blood from the heart. It also causes the arteries to narrow. The smoke includes carbon monoxide, which reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry.

Tar

•Tar: stains a smoker's teeth and fingers brown and coats everything it touches with a brownish-yellow film. Tar in cigarette smoke paralyzes the cilia in the lungs and contributes to lung diseases such as: emphysema, bronchitis and lung cancer

Carbon Monoxide and Propylene Glycol•Carbon Monoxide: binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells, preventing affected cells from carrying a full load of oxygen.

•Propylene Glycol: It is a clear, colorless liquid. It is practically odorless and absorbs moisture when exposed to air. It may produce eczematous skin reactions of toxic nature and more rarely of allergic nature. It may irritate the eyes or skin and repeated contact may cause allergic dermatitis.

Methyl Alcohol & Carbon Cyanide

•Methyl Alcohol: highly toxic and can be fatal if ingested.

•Carbon Cyanide: Is one of the toxic byproducts present in cigarette smoke.

Arsenic & Methanol

•Arsenic: smokers breathe an estimated 0.8 to 2.4 micrograms of inorganic arsenic per pack of cigarettes, with approximately 40 percent of it being deposited in the respiratory tract.

•Methanol: Found in antifreeze, rocket fuel, and general solvents this chemical is used to hide the irritation caused by cigarette smoke to the throat.

Polonium 200 & Cadmium

•Polonium 200:are poisonous, radioactive heavy metals that research has shown to be present in tobacco smoke.

•Cadmium: A toxic metal used to make rechargeable batteries and known to cause liver, kidney, and brain disease.

Formaldehyde

•Formaldehyde: Also known as "Embalming Fluid" and used to preserve dead bodies, this cancer causing chemical is used in cigarettes to preserve tobacco.

Day 73: May 21

•Computer Lab 211 to complete drug posters▫Due Wednesday, May 27