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TOBACCO PREVENTION

Quitting Tobacco
Shows the benefi ts of quitting
tobacco via a detailed time-line.
Discusses the diffi culties of quitting
tobacco and how to combat them.
Instills the knowledge and confi dence
needed to quit tobacco use.
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Ten Things en Things
Nicotine T Menthol
Take Control: The Time to Quit is Now! RESOURCES The Facts on Tobacco ResouRces
You Can ou Can
American Cancer Society: Addiction Y Cigarettes
Parents - The Antidrug:
NICOTINE
Nicotine is the drug found in cigarettes and other tobacco products that keeps you hooked. The more www.cancer.org Each day, millions of Americans spend time ingesting a cocktail of chemicals that cause irreversible 800-662-HELP
you smoke, the more dependent upon nicotine your body becomes. Nicotine dependence means that damage to their heart, lungs, air passages, and brain. Many of these people are teenagers. Over 17 www.theantidrug.com
Notes the statistics
it’s difficult to stop smoking, even though it’s causing you harm. When you stop using tobacco, your American Lung Association: percent of high school students are “current” cigarette smokers. Some teens smoke because they think 10 things Do to Keep Explores the
ADDICTION:
body will experience unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. No matter how long you’ve smoked, quitting www.lung.org it makes them look cool, or because they want to “fit in” with their peers. Regardless of how they start Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
Your Child our Child
smoking is a great decision that can improve your overall health. smoking, they continue simply because they can’t quit. The addictive drugs that are present in cigarettes, www.tobaccofreekids.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: behind smoking- you can do to keep Y dangers of menthol
chews, and other forms of tobacco practically force a person to keep lighting up, even when he knows
Understanding Addiction www.cdc.gov/tobacco that he is opening the door to a wide range of different cancers and respiratory diseases. National Institute on Drug Abuse - Parenting your child tobacco free
BREAKING THE HABIT
Resources:
Tobacco Freeobacco Free
related illnesses.
National Cancer Institute: But the damage tobacco inflicts on the user isn’t the only danger. A recent survey shows that 47% of cigarettes, why they
Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing. These www.smokefree.gov young people who smoke also use illicit drugs as compared with 5% for non-smokers. www.drugabuse.gov/parents/ T
effects make you want to use tobacco and lead to dependence. Stopping tobacco use causes withdrawal are more diffi cult
symptoms, including irritability and anxiety. Many effective treatments for nicotine dependence are Cigarettes Explains the effects of
available to help you manage cravings and withdrawal symptoms and stop smoking for good.
Each cigarette is like a small chemical factory, releasing over 4,000 chemicals into a person’s lungs and Helps parents talk
smoking on the cilia.
into the air. One such chemical is nicotine, which has been proven more addictive than heroin. to quit, what they
SIGNS OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE The long-term effects of smoking include lung cancer, heart disease, strokes, emphysema, asthma, to children, be good do to the body, and
Discusses lung cancer.
wrinkling, yellow fingers, and stained teeth. The short-term effects include coughing, increased heart
For some people, even a tiny amount of tobacco use can lead rate, increased stomach acid, slowed brain activity, kidney stress, and bad breath.
to nicotine addiction. Signs of addiction include: role models, get
Smokeless Tobacco Covers chronic how users can quit
Many kids think smokeless tobacco is a safe alternative to smoking, but it is actually more dangerous. involved, empower
illness like COPD and
You keep smoking even after developing and get help.
health problems, such as problems with One pinch of smokeless tobacco contains the same amount of nicotine as five cigarettes—enough to
addict a young person on the first try.
your heart or lungs. children to resist
bronchitis. Provides a
The long-term effects of smokeless tobacco include high blood pressure, oral cancer, gum disease, and
stained, loose, and rotted teeth. The short-term effects include slowed brain activity, increased stomach English PB-DA152
acid, increased heart rate, kidney stress, and bad breath. peer pressure, and
look at emphysema. Spanish PB-DA152-SP
You can’t stop Children At Highest Risk For Tobacco: interest them in
smoking, even after Highlights the
You avoid smoke-free one or more serious • have parents, siblings, or friends who smoke healthy activities.
situations or give up attempts. • try to act “tough” or “grown up” importance of quitting
socializing with family or
friends in order to smoke. • deny the harmful effects of tobacco
• have fewer coping skills, and smoke to alleviate stress smoking or abstaining English PB-DA110
• have poor self-esteem and depression
You experience withdrawal symptoms, such as strong Spanish PB-DA110-SP
cravings, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, difficulty • have poor academic performance (especially true for girls) from tobacco use.
concentrating, depression, frustration, anger, increased • are very influenced by advertisements that relate cigarette
hunger, insomnia, constipation, or diarrhea. ©2015 Education Specialty Publishing, LLC
smoking to being thin and/or suffer from eating disorders
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Dissolvable Hookah: A PARENt’s guidE
Tobacco Puffi ng Away PERSONALIZE IT! to dRiNkiNg
www.drugfree.org
www.timetotalk.org
As secondhand Your Health National Institute on Drug Abuse - Parenting: dRiviNg & dRugs
smoke laws increase, Hookah bars and www.drugabuse.gov/parents-teachers
tobacco companies cafes have grown Alcohol Abuse and Youth:
http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/
have developed in popularity. Many http://www.sadd.org/
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candies, strips and think hookah Add Your
pouches infused use is safer than
with nicotine to keep cigarettes, however Organization
people addicted. the opposite is true. Name and
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dangers that come Pamphlet!
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