6.ATOD.2.1

6.ATOD.2.1 Explain the immediate social and physical consequences of tobacco use, including spit tobacco.While some tobacco users begin using tobacco to fit in with their peers, they often find their addiction can isolate them socially, due to federal, state, and local restrictions on the use of tobacco products in many public places. People who wish to use tobacco must often find discrete and approved locations to do so. Tobacco products stain teeth, produce bad breath, create early onset of skin-related aging (fine lines, wrinkles, and dark spots), and leave foul odors in hair and clothes, all of which may affect social acceptance by others. The physical consequences of smokeless tobacco include oral cancers, leukoplakia and leukoplakic lesions, gum recession, increased tooth decay. Smokeless tobacco can also cause nicotine dependence resulting in blood levels of nicotine, which mirror that of smokers, creating increased heart rate and blood pressure causing a narrowing of the blood vessels and creating strain on the heart. The use of cigarettes, cigars, and pipe smoke can harm nearly every organ in the body and cause a wide array of diseases and illnesses. Smoking causes an estimated 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in men and 80 percent of lung cancer deaths in women. An estimated 90 percent of all chronic obstructive lung disease deaths can be attributed to smoking as well. Smoking leads to the development of heart disease, lung disease (e.g., emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction disease), and cancers of the blood, bladder, esophagus, kidney, lung, larynx (voice box), mouth, throat, stomach, and uterus.
 * The student will recognize the health risks associated with tobacco use, including spit tobacco.
 * The student will identify the social costs associated with tobacco use. The student will recognize the benefits of living a tobacco-free lifestyle.

6.ATOD 2.2 Summarize the short-term and long-term effects of being exposed to secondhand smoke.Secondhand smoke is exhaled smoke and smoke released from a burning cigarette, pipe, or cigar. Secondhand smoke is filled with environmental toxins which are harmful to one’s health including, tar, nicotine, ammonia, and carbon monoxide, and benzene. It is the most hazardous form of indoor air pollution. Secondhand smoke can irritate one’s eyes, throat, nose, and airway. It can make one’s hair and clothes smell of smoke because it is absorbed in the fibers and continues to irritate eyes and the respiratory system long after the smoke clears the air. Long-term exposure to secondhand smoke can be very dangerous, as it can cause lung cancer, heart disease and respiratory illnesses in nonsmokers. Children of smokers are at higher risk for ear infections, bronchitis, and pneumonia due to secondhand smoke exposure.
 * The student will recognize the various contributors to secondhand smoke.
 * The student will identify the types of toxins released in secondhand smoke.
 * The student will identify the immediate and long-term negative effects of secondhand smoke.
 * The student will describe methods for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke.