Health 8
Health 8
Health 8
GATEWAY DANGEROUS
DRUGS AND ILLEGAL
DRUGS
ALCOHOL
GATEWAY DRUGS
A gateway drug is a habit-forming
drug that can lead to the use of other,
more addictive drug like nicotine and
alcohol.
SMOKING
• Is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting
smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the
bloodstream.
• Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of tobacco
plant which have been rolled into a small square of rice paper
to create a small, round cylinder called a “cigarette”.
TOBACCO
is a tall, leafy plant, originally grown in
South and Central America, but now
cultivated throughout the world
CIGARETTE
is a narrow cylinder containing burnable
material typically tobacco that is rolled into
thin paper for smoking
DANGERS OF SMOKING
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Too much
exertion of blood
against the
arteries causing
damage.
HEART DISEASE
Involves
cardio
vascular
system
BODY ODOR
Effect of
cigarette
smoke to
your body
scent
BAD BREATH
Foul smell
exhaled
from the
mouth
BRONCHITIS
Inflammation of
the airways from
the trachea into
the lungs
EMPHYSEMA
Damaged air
sacs in the
lungs
PNEUMONIA
Infection of
the lungs
ASTHMA
A chronic
disease which
affects the
airways
CANCER
A group of
diseases which
makes body cells
grow
uncontrollably
THREE SMOKES
PRODUCED BY CIGARETTE
SMOKING
MAINSTREAM SMOKE
Refers specially
to the smoke that
a smoker directly
inhales
SIDE STREAM SMOKE
• The smoke that comes out of the lighted end of a
cigarette or pipe
• Is also called second-hand smoke (SHS) or
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
• Is more dangerous than mainstream smoke
THIRD-HAND SMOKE
• Smoke left for a long time on a sofa, beddings, pillow
and other objects
• Is also called residual tobacco smoke (RTS)
• Settles along with dust and can last for months
• Still contains harmful chemicals and carcinogens
Why do young people start
smoking?
SOME REASONS