# Presentation: 527196

## Why You Should Want a Smoke-Free Center!

- Emerson Robinson, DDS, MPHRegional Dental Consultant Region II & V
- Job Corps National Health and Wellness Conference
- Denver, Colorado

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## Why We Want Our Students To Stop Smoking!...

- Tobacco smoking has consistently been referred to as the single most important preventable cause of premature death.
- Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking.
- One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit.  Half of these deaths all occur in middle age.
- Long-term health consequences of youth smoking are reinforced by the fact that most young people who smoke regularly continue to smoke throughout adulthood.
- SMOKING KILLS!

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## Why We Want Our Students To Stop Smoking!

- Teens who smoke are:
- Three times more likely than non-smokers to use alcohol.
- Eight times more likely to use marijuana.
- Twenty-two times more likely to use cocaine.
- Smoking is associated with a host of other risky behavior such as fighting and engaging in unprotected sex.

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## Smokeless Tobacco and the Oral Cavity...

- Initiation of the habit often begins in the sixth through eighth grade and increases thereafter.
- Half of smokeless tobacco users also smoke cigarettes.
- Smokeless tobacco use is a readily available option for young adolescents who are experimenting with illicit drugs.

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## Smokeless Tobacco and the Oral Cavity

- The major health consequences of smokeless tobacco use in youth are related to the oral cavity and the cardiovascular system.
- Periodontal disease is strongly associated with smokeless tobacco use.
- Caries and tooth abrasions may also be related.
- Cosmetic effects include halitosis and discoloration of teeth and fillings.
- The major long-term health consequences of smokeless tobacco include increased risk of many oral cancers.

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## Lifestyle/Behavior

- Onset of tobacco use among young people is primarily a social behavior.
- A young person who uses tobacco daily is likely to become addicted to nicotine.
- Preventing onset and transition to regular smoking are the major aims of interventions with adolescents.
- Tobacco use is most likely to be initiated in adolescents, a stage of  life characterized by significant physiological, psychological, and social changes.
- Tobacco use is associated with a range of health-compromising behaviors.

## Tobacco and Alcohol Equals Oral Cancer

**USE Of TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ARE THE MAJOR RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING ORAL CANCER.**
- Tobacco and alcohol contains substances that are carcinogenic or promote cancer.
- Cigarette smoke and substances in smokeless tobacco have received considerable attention as carcinogens that promote oral cancer.
- Smoking in combination with consumption of alcohol produces an even greater risk for oral cancer than use of either substance alone.

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## Who Is At Risk?

- 90% of patients with oral cancer use tobacco.
- 75% to 80% of all patients with oral cancer drink alcohol frequently.
- Oral cancers are more than twice as common in men than women.
- Men are more likely to use tobacco and alcohol over longer periods of time and large enough doses to cause oral cancer.
- The likelihood of developing oral cancer increases with age—*especially after age 35.*

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## Tobacco Facts

- The nicotine found in cigarettes and in spit tobacco is a powerful, addictive drug that acts on several parts of the body.  Once addicted, it becomes difficult, but not impossible, to quit using spit tobacco or stop smoking.
- The use of tobacco products is not only addicting, but is directly related to a number of health problems and diseases.  A few of the oral health problems smokers or spit tobacco users can develop are:

- Black hairy tongue
- Ground-down teeth
- Cancer of the palate
- Gum disease and loss of  teeth
- Bad breath
- Cancer of the tongue
- Brown, stained teeth
- Receding gums
- Cancer of the lip
- Gum ulcers
- Cancer of the esophagus
- Cancer of the cheek

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## Tobacco Facts...

- Some of the harmful ingredients found in tobacco are:

- Nicotine
- Arsenic
- Cyanide
- Pesticides
- Soot
- Fertilizer
- Dead bugs
- Manure
- Formaldehyde
- Dirt

## Tobacco Facts

- At least 19 different types of cancer-causing substances, call Nitrosomonas, are found in tobacco products.
- Oral cancer is serious.  When it spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck, * it is often deadly*.
- Spit tobacco is **NOT** a harmless alternative to *smoking. It is just as hazardous to your health as cigarettes*.
- The RISK of developing lung cancer is ten times greater for smokers than non-smokers.
- Breathing second-hand smoke (someone else’s smoke) can be as dangerous as smoking.

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## Benefits of Quitting Smoking

- Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years
- 20 Minutes After Quitting- Your heart rate drops.
- 12 Hours After Quitting- The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
- 2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting- Your heart attack risk begins to drop.  Your lung function begins to improve.
- 1 to 9 Months After Quitting- Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease.
- 1 Year After Quitting- Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.
- 5 Years After Quitting- Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker’s 5-15 years after quitting*.*
- 10 Years After Quitting- Your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker.  Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.
- 15 Years After Quitting- Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker.

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## ATTENTION  ALL STUDENTS & STAFF

**THE ST. LOUIS JOB CORPS CENTER**
**IS GOING**
**SMOKE LESS**
**ON**
**APRIL 1, 2007**
**JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A **
**SMOKE LESS **
**WORK PLACE**

**THE ST. LOUIS JOB CORPS CENTER**
**IS GOING**
**SMOKE LESS**
**ON**
**APRIL 1, 2007**
**JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A **
**SMOKE LESS **
**WORK PLACE**

**THE ST. LOUIS JOB CORPS CENTER**
**IS GOING**
**SMOKE LESS**
**ON**
**APRIL 1, 2007**
**JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A **
**SMOKE LESS **
**WORK PLACE**

**THE ST. LOUIS JOB CORPS CENTER**
**IS GOING**
**SMOKE LESS**
**ON**
**APRIL 1, 2007**
**JOIN US IN MAKING THIS A **
**SMOKE LESS **
**WORK PLACE**