JOURNAL Describe what a tobacco advertisement looks like. List 5 places you where you would see tobacco advertisements. List 5 places where you would NOT.

JOURNAL• Describe what a tobacco advertisement looks

like.

• List 5 places you where you would see tobacco advertisements.

• List 5 places where you would NOT see tobacco advertisements.

JOURNALAnswer the following questions using your tobacco ad:

1. Describe your ad in detail (product, people, colors, etc)

2. Who do you think is the target audience for your ad and why?

3. What does the surgeon general’s warning say?4. Where did you find your ad?5. Do you think tobacco advertising should be

completely banned? Why or why not?

Tobacco and Society: • Tobacco is a HUGE business in the

United States.

• Tobacco companies spend $42 million on advertising and promotions EVERY DAY!!!!!

• Tobacco companies are constantly losing customers everyday because they are quitting or dying.

• Therefore they want to attract new users.

WHO DO THEY WANT TO ATTRACT????

Children & Teenagers!!!!

• Children and teens represent the most profitable market.

Children and teens have their whole life ahead of them, that’s why tobacco companies want them as their new customers (a customer for life).

Why are children and teens so valuable to the tobacco

companies??????

Because……………• The majority of smokers begin before the age

of 18. 80% before age 18 90% before age 20

Anti-Tobacco Project

The Truth Website

JOURNAL- List 5 places where smoking is

banned

- List 5 places where smoking is NOT banned.

Tobacco AddictionDespite the high personal costs and health risks alarge number of people continue to smoke orchew tobacco. This is because they have formed anaddiction.

Addiction-

a physical or psychological need for a drug.

Physical Dependence-- A type of addiction in which the body

itself feels a direct need for a drug.

Nicotine affects body temperature, heart rate, digestion, and muscle tone.

-Tobacco users DO NOT feel normal unless their body is under the influence of nicotine.

Psychological Dependence--an addiction in which the mind sends the

body a message that it needs the drug (nicotine).

- Events , situations, and habits trigger a desire to use tobacco.

•Nicotine addiction is the most common form of drug addiction in the United States.

Question: What is the name for the symptoms

that a tobacco user goes through when they decide to quit?????

Withdrawal

Withdrawal-- The physical and psychological symptoms

that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance.

Physical symptoms of Withdrawal:

Nicotine cravingsHeadachesShakesFatigueIncreased appetitenausea

Psychological symptoms of withdrawal:

Feeling irritableNervousAnxiousSadTrouble thinkingTrouble sleeping

Question: What is it called when a person is

standing next to someone who is smoking and they are inhaling the smoke from the cigarette??

Secondhand Smoke- The air that has been contaminated by

tobacco smoke.

2 types of secondhand smoke:1. Mainstream smoke - the smoke that the

smoker inhales and exhales into the air.

2. Sidestream smoke – smoke coming off the burning end of the cigarette.

Question :

Which type of secondhand smoke is more harmful?

Sidestream!!!

• Sidestream smoke contains twice as much tar and nicotine as mainstream smoke.

Secondhand smoke can cause pneumonia and bronchitis.

Infants and children who are exposed to secondhand smoke have more colds, allergies, ear infections and asthma than children who are not exposed to secondhand smoke.

Pregnancy & TobaccoWoman who smoke while pregnant increase theirrisk of having:• a low birth weight baby• a premature delivery

** the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) is higher in homes in which the parents smoke!