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The document discusses gateway drugs like cigarettes and alcohol. It provides details on why people smoke cigarettes, the health effects of smoking, and strategies to prevent smoking. It also covers alcohol, reasons people drink, health impacts of drinking, and alternatives to promote a healthy lifestyle.

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Lesson 4-Health

The document discusses gateway drugs like cigarettes and alcohol. It provides details on why people smoke cigarettes, the health effects of smoking, and strategies to prevent smoking. It also covers alcohol, reasons people drink, health impacts of drinking, and alternatives to promote a healthy lifestyle.

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GATEWAY DRUGS: CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL

What are gateway drugs?


 Habit forming substances that may not be
addictive but may lead to the use of other
addictive and dangerous drugs.
People who use gateway drugs are
inexpensive and readily available.
What is CIGARETTE?
Contains approximately
600 other ingredients. The
smoke coming from it
contains more than 7,000 Its main component
chemicals, 69 of which is nicotine, a
are carcinogenic or stimulant that is
cancer-causing highly addictive.
substances.
REASONS WHY PEOPLE SMOKE:
1. Peer pressure
People who have friends or peers who smoke may feel pressured into doing
the same to be accepted.
2. Parental influence
Those who have parents or guardians who smoke are more likely to start
smoking.
3. Advertising and media
Advertisements of cigarettes portray smoking as exciting, glamorous, and safe.
Movies and television shows have scenes showing smoking actors.
4. Self medication
Some people experienced a heightened sense of well-being from smoking and
use it to self-medicate for illnesses that cause tension and pain.
REASONS WHY PEOPLE SMOKE:
5. Stress relief
Some people smoke to manage tension and relieve stress from family or
from work.
6. Weight control
Smoking causes loss of appetite and eventually loss of weight.
7. To feel mature and sophisticated
Since teens see older people smoke, specially their parents and relatives,
they too start smoking to look and act older.
8. Risk-taking behavior
Since it is illegal for minors to purchase cigarettes and smoking is generally
frowned upon, breaking these rules give thrill to some people.
Every day, about 4,000 teenagers below 18 try their first
cigarette. 25% of them become daily smokers.
Approximately 1.5 million packs of cigarettes are
purchased by minors daily.
On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than non-
smokers.
About 30% of teen smokers will continue smoking and
die early from a smoking-related illness.
BODY PARTS THAT CAN BE AFFECTED BY SMOKING

 Hair Heart
 Head  Stomach
 Eyes
 Reproductive organs
 Ears
 Mouth  Muscles
 Skin Bones
Lungs Immune system
Mainstream smoke
-Smoke that is inhaled into the
smoker’s mouth and lungs. Toxic
ingredients enter the body
directly in the mouth.
Second-hand smoke
-Also called as Environmental
Tobacco Smoke (ETS). It is the
mixture of the smoke coming from
the burning end of a cigarette and
the smoke exhaled by the smoker.
Third-hand smoke
-The residue from
cigarette smoke found
in clothes, furniture,
and other surfaces
after the cigarette has
been put out.
IMPACTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING
FAMILY ENVIRONMENT
• If you choose to smoke, you Smoking has destructive effects on the environment
are not only risking your which include:
health but the health of your • air pollution
family as well. They may not
be smoking cigarettes but • littering caused by cigarette butts
you are giving them more • death of aquatic organisms through ingestion of
danger because of the cigarette butts
second-hand smoke that they
inhale from you. • fires caused by discarded lighted cigarettes
• If you do smoke habitually at COMMUNITY
home, you are also spreading Smoking in public places in your community exposes the
third-hand smoke. This nonsmokers, especially the infants and children, to the harmful
explains why family members
effects of second-hand and third-hand smoke. As a member of the
may get sick due to smoking
even if they are nonsmokers. community, it is your civic duty to be responsible for the health of
the other members of the community.
E-cigarettes, vape pens, hookahs, hookah pens, or
vape pipes are electronic devices that aim to substitute
tobacco cigarettes. This was invented by a Chinese
pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003 and first sold in 2004.
ALCOHOL
-an intoxicating
substance produced by
fermentation of grains
and fruits.
-a depressant that slows
down body functions
such as movement,
speech, reaction time
and thinking ability.
ETHYL ALCOHOL
-the only kind of
alcohol used in
beverages.
The most alcoholic
beverages are beer
and wine.
SOME OF THE REASONS FOR DRINKING ALCOHOL:
1. Peer pressure
2. Stress relief
3. To lose one’s
inhibitions.
4. Curiosity
5. Socialization
6. Psychoactive effects
7. Modelled by others
REASONS FOR DRINKING AND NOT
DRINKING ALCOHOL:
1. Religion
2. Avoiding dependency and addiction.
3. Pregnancy
4. Taking medications for mental health problems.
5. Taking medications for long-term conditions.
6. Intolerance to alcohol.
Negative Health Impacts Of Drinking Alcohol
Short-term Effects
 Slurred speech  Vomiting
 Impaired judgment  Diarrhea
 Distorted vision and hearing
 Decreased coordination and  Upset stomach
perception  Breathing difficulties
 Headaches  Anemia
 Drowsiness  Blackouts (memory
 Unconsciousness lapse)
Long-term Effects

Brain
 Reduction in size of brain cells.
 Permanent brain damage.

Liver Heart
 fatty liver disease  weakens heart muscle causing
cardiomyopathy
 alcoholic hepatitis
 arrhythmia
 fibrosis  stroke
 cirrhosis  high blood pressure
What is BAC?
 Blood Alcohol Concentration is the amount of
alcohol in a person’s blood.
 Alcohol enters the bloodstream within minutes after
consumption.

Equivalents:
1 drink= ½ oz. alcohol (14 grams) = 1 can of beer = 4
to 5 oz. of wine = 1 mixed drink (1.5 oz. 80 proof)
What strategies can be used in the prevention and control
of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking?

• The development of Resistance Skills can help an individual


resist temptations or pressure. Resistance Skills are skills that
help you resist pressure from peers, friends, family, and even
from yourself. These are skills that help you to say “NO” to an
action or leave a situation.
• At times, saying “NO” to negative pressure may be hard the
first few times. But you need to remember that when you
succeeded the first few times, it will be easier the next time.
Before you know it, saying “NO” requires no effort on your
part.
Here are suggestive ways for effectively refusing
negative pressure:

1. Say “NO” absolutely.


2. Give reasons for saying “NO”.
3. Repeat saying “NO” several times.
4. Use nonverbal behavior to match verbal behavior.
5. Avoid situations where will you be pressured into making
wrong decisions.
6. Avoid people who make wrong decisions.
7. Resist pressure to engage in illegal activities such as drug
pushing and snatching.
What are the alternatives to cigarettes and
alcohol that promote healthy lifestyle?

1. Discover, explore, and enhance your talents.


2. Look for and try a new and challenging hobby.
3. Start an organization with people of the same interest.
4. Participate in charitable works or activities that may help
others.
PREPARED BY:

DANILO L. PAGADUAN JR., LPT


MAPEH Teacher
Notre Dame of Midsayap College - IBED

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