Developed by Jeff Cain MD and Glenna Pember

Developed by Jeff Cain, MD, and Glenna Pember of the Hall of Life, a division of the Denver Museum of Natural History, and Doctors Out to Care (DOC) in 1988. Owned and operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and coordinated in Idaho by the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP).

THE WAR ON TOBACCO Tobacco related illnesses kill more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined.

What’s in a Cigarette? ACETONE--found in Nail Polish Remover LEAD -found in old paint Cigarettes contain many toxic ingredients & chemicals like: AMMONIA-found in Toilet Bowl Cleaner TAR—sticky substance used to pave roads. ARSENIC-found in Rat Poison

What’s in a Cigarette? NICOTINE ! ! ! A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG! ALL tobacco products contain nicotine!

How Tobacco Affects the Body Hmm. . ? What happens to you and your body when you use tobacco even for a short time?

Sticky Person Activity Smelly Clothes Bad Breath Affects Taste Stains on Clothes Difficulty Breathing Stained Fingers Coughing Fire Hazzard Hacking Litter Yellow Teeth Affects Smell Holes in Clothes Zoo Breath Hurling Smelly Hair

Coughing/Hacking Hurling & Phlegm When you use tobacco, blood that’s thick and dirty with toxins, circulates through your body in seconds.

BAD BREATH—ZOO BREATH SMELLY CLOTHES & HAIR

Yellow Teeth and Fingers YUK!

Difficulty running and breathing Affects your taste and smell

ADDICTION It only takes two or three cigarettes to become addicted! Addiction takes away your ability to choose.

How Tobacco Affects the Body—Long Term Addiction Wrinkles Cataracts Mouth Cancers Skin Damage Throat Cancer Psoriasis Heart Disease Lung Disease Stomach Ulcers

Long Term Effects of Tobacco

Other Tobacco Products Chew Spit Snuff Little Cigars Cigarillos All come in kid friendly flavors! Snus Dissolvables: Orbs Lozenges Strips Sticks

Other Tobacco Products E-Cigarettes ENDS Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Hookas Water Pipes . Tobacco/Nicotine products in any shape or flavor are bad for your health.

Secondhand Smoke Non-smokers who breathe in SHS take in nicotine and toxic chemicals the same way smokers do. Exposure to SHS can cause: asthma bronchitis pneumonia respiratory infections ear infections

Secondhand Smoke There is NO safe level of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.

Straw Breathing Activity Remember what collects in your lungs when you use tobacco? Let’s see how it feels by placing a straw in your mouth, holding your nose, and running in place. Smokers run slower and can’t run as far.

Reasons People Use Tobacco Peer Pressure You can say “NO” to peer pressure!

Reasons People Use Tobacco Image Kids start using tobacco because they THINK it: v Is glamorous v Makes them look older v Is cool v Will make them popular

Reasons People Use Tobacco Relaxation Tobacco/Nicotine is actually a STIMULANT! v It speeds up the heart rate v It increases blood pressure v Revs up the body

Cost of Tobacco Use The cost of a pack of cigarettes ranges from $4. 00 to $11. 00 How much would you spend? Do the math!!!

Cost of Tobacco Use $5 per pack x 7 days = $35/week $35 per week x 4 weeks = $140/month $140 per month x 12 months = $1, 680/year $1, 680 per year x 10 years = $16, 800 Wow! That’s a lot of money!

What else could you buy with this money?

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising In just one hour — the time it takes to present Tar Wars to your classroom— the tobacco industry will spend more than $1 million on marketing created to get people to start using their products.

Marketing Tobacco-The Power of Advertising Tobacco companies introduce products that are packaged to look and taste like candies, mints, and gum to entice young buyers. . They must think you are not very smart!

Marketing-Movies, Television & The Internet 82% of PG-13 rated movies show tobacco use. TV shows do it too! Examples of PG-13 Movies Containing Tobacco Use • Terminator Genisys, 2015 • The Lazarus Effect, 2015 • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 2014 • Transformers: Age of Extinction, 2014 • X-men: Days of Future Past, 2014 • Men in Black 3, 2012 The Hobbit Examples of Television Shows Containing Tobacco Use • Family Guy (1999 to present) • Gossip Girl (2007 to 2012) • The Simpsons (1989 to present) Cruela De. Ville in 101 Dalmations

Marketing-Movies, Television & The Internet Tobacco companies lose 3000 -5000 customers every day!

Marketing-Movies, Television & The Internet The TRUTH is…… Thetobacco is NOTis…… TRUTH cool. Using Tobacco companies It is gross and disgusting. don’t want you to know Tobacco can make you sick. Or even kill you. the truth!

What Did You Learn Today? • Knowledge is power! • Use your knowledge to make good choices about your health! • Remember all the good things you will enjoy when you stay TOBACCO FREE!

Poster Contest POSTERS SHOULD: • Reinforce the Tar Wars tobacco-free message • Emphasize the positive aspects of being tobacco-free • Be colorful and neat • Use correct grammar and punctuation FIRST PLACE $500 Cash Prize for the student $500 Cash Prize for the teacher/school Poster featured in the Tar Wars Calendar 2 ND-12 TH PLACES $100 for the students $150 for the teachers/schools Posters featured in the Tar Wars Calendar ALL ENTRANTS (one per school) Personalized T-shirt and Certificate Madalyn Schutte 2012 Idaho Tar Wars Poster Contest

THANK YOU! for participating in Tar Wars is supported in part by grants from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Idaho Millennium Fund.