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What is the cause?
Nicotiana tabacum” or sometimes
called “common tobacco”
 Lesson: The
Dangers of
Cigarette Smoking
Which Twin Smokes?
According to World
Health Organization
(WHO):

▶“ Smoking is the
second leading
cause of death
around the world”.
 INTRODUCTION
● Smoking is a learned habit.
● It has become almost common place to refer
to the smoking problem in developing
countries as tomorrow’s epidemic.

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 ● Cigarette smoking is the
overwhelming reason men
have a shorter life
expectancy than women.

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● when compared with the median life span of
men who never smoked, suggests a loss of
one year for ex-smokers, 3 years for light
smokers, five years for moderate
smokers, and eight years for heavy
smokers.
● Teenagers, in particular, may be overly
complacent about smoking.
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● Smoking is most likely to become a
habit during the teen years. When
young people become cigarette
smokers they are more likely to
become addicted.
● Tobacco serves as an entry drug
and generally precedes use of
other substances.
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● Smokers are much more likely to
have used other substances,
including alcohol, marijuana, and
cocaine.
● There is no safe cigarette, whether
it is called ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, or
any other name.

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What Does Smoking Cause ?
Why Do People Smoke?

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 ● Tobacco smoking is a learned
habit. The habit is culturally
established in the developed
world and has been for long
enough to allow assessment of
its effects on mortality and
morbidity.

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 ●Starting smoking may be
due to peer group
pressure, feeling left out
while friends smoke and
trying to fit in with the
crowd.
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 ● It may be due to stress at home, work,
school or in general by getting fed up
with things.
● It may be trying to attract attention, act
cool or become popular.
● It may calm down nerves!
● Parental and sibling example.
● Parental acceptance of children’s
smoking.

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NICOTINE
a toxic colorless or yellowish oily
liquid that is the chief active
constituent of tobacco. It acts as a
stimulant in small doses, but in
larger amounts blocks the action of
autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle
cells.
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● Some of the beneficial effects
● Arousal, relaxation, improved
concentration and attention,
and reduced anger and
tension from stressful
situations.
● It affects how a person feels,
thinks, and functions at a cellular
level.
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● Some of the side effects
●Unpleasant symptoms
of dizziness, nausea,
and vomiting in first time
smokers do not develop
with repeat smoking.

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TAR

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● Tar is the name given to the
aggregate of particulate matter in the
cigarette smoke minus nicotine and
moisture.
● It is a thick, dark liquid that is formed
when tobacco burns. This tar covers
the linings of the lungs, where it can
cause disease.

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What happens when you
smoke/chew?
Coughing
Dizziness
Bad breath
Nausea
Increased heart rate/blood pressure
Nose, throat, lungs irritation
Increased saliva production
Every time a cigarette is lighted, smoke is emitted. There are three
kinds of smokes produced by lighting a cigarette and these are:

• First-hand smoke/
MAINSTREAM SMOKE

• Second-hand smoke/
SIDESTREAM SMOKE

• Third-hand smoke/
RESIDUAL TOBACCO
SMOKE
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THREE SMOKES PRODUCED BY CIGARETTE SMOKING

• 1. MAINSTREAM SMOKE
• -Refers specifically to the
smoke that a smoker
directly inhales

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THREE SMOKES PRODUCED BY CIGARETTE SMOKING
• 2. SIDESTREAM SMOKE
• -the smoke that comes out of
the lighted end of a cigarette or
pipe.
• - also called SECOND-HAND
SMOKE or ENVIRONMENTAL
TOBACCO SMOKE. This is more
dangerous than mainstream
smoke
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THREE SMOKES PRODUCED BY CIGARETTE SMOKING
1. THIRD-HAND SMOKE
• -smoke left for a long
time on sofa, beddings,
pillow and other objects.

-also called RESIDUAL

TOBACCO SMOKE settles
along with and can last for
months. This smoke still
contains harmful chemicals
and carcinogens.
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 Policies and laws regarding cigarette smoking.

• Republic Act no. 9211 THE

TOBACCO REGULATION ACT
• Republic Act No. 8749
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

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 Policies and laws regarding cigarette smoking.

• Republic Act no. 9211 THE

TOBACCO REGULATION ACT
• Is the law governing tobacco production, distribution and use, and
below are some of its provisions:
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• Section 5: Smoking Ban in public places
• Section 9: Minimum age sales on this act

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 Policies and laws regarding cigarette smoking.

• Republic Act No. 8749

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
• States that smoking inside a public building or an
enclosed public space including vehicles are
prohibited.

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 Health Risks & Concerns:
Smokeless Tobacco
1. Nicotine addiction
2. Mouth, tongue, throat cancers
3. Stomach, pancreatic cancers
4. Heart disease, heart attacks
5. Teeth break down and loss
6. Stained and discolored teeth
7. Bad breath
Cigarette Smoking Quiz
1. Smoking less
than 20 cigarettes
each day won’t hurt
you.
False!
 2. The drug
Nicotine is found in
Cigarettes.
True!
3. Nicotine makes a
smoker’s heart beat
faster.
True!
4. People who do
not smoke can be
harmed by
breathing in the
smoke of others.
True!
5. A woman who
smokes when she is
pregnant can hurt
her unborn baby.
True!
How many did you
get right?