Quit Your Way Flashcards
Quit Your Way
Umbrella organisation in NHS Scotland
- Tobacco
- Education, cessation
tobacco use
Reduced over years
Legislation – price rise etc
More people knowing damage of tobacco
smoking prevalence
UK 14.7%
Scotland 17% (higher)
Higher in deprived areas
- Widening
- Also due to inequality gap
Why do people smoke?
Social, relax, peer pressure
Nicotine is as addictive as heroin
Takes only 10 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain
Rush of endorphins and increase in dopamine reinforces smoking behaviour
Triangle of addiction
- Emotional attachment to tobacco (Loss, feeling of devastation)
- Chemical addiction to tobacco
- Habit (Linked to times and events – need to overcome these)
triangle of smoking addiction
- Emotional attachment to tobacco (Loss, feeling of devastation)
- Chemical addiction to tobacco
- Habit (Linked to times and events – need to overcome these)
how long does it take for nicotine to reach brain
10 seconds
what is in tobacco
4000 chemicals – 60 of which are known to cause cancer
Nicotine – highly addictive
Carbon monoxide – released when tobacco is burned
Tar – thick, sticky
withdrawal symptoms of smoking (10)
Craving a cigarette
Depression/low mood
Headaches
Disturbed sleep
Weight gain – metabolism slows, replace cigarettes with food
Irritability
Mouth ulcers
Dizziness
Lack of concentration
Constipation
other products linked to smoking
Cannabis
E-cigarettes/ Vapes
Shisha/ Hookah
what smoking product gives off highest CO level
given by Shisha (poisonous gas)
- 45mins to 1hour short period to produce high concentrate of toxins
79 CO after 1 hour (compared to 40-50 for smoking)
shisha
Filtering shisha through water does not remove many toxins
Shisha contains nicotine – thus addictive
Herbal shish although sounds healthy and safe still contains harmful toxins
45-minute shisha session has equivalent smoke content of that of smoking 10 cigarettes in a row
cannabis
Has many similar toxic chemicals as tobacco – inc carcinogens and CO
Often smoked with tobacco
effects on oral health of smoking (5)
Staining of teeth – due to tar
Gum disease
- Poor immune systems
- Increase in bacterial plaque
Tooth loss
Oral cancers
Halitosis
effects on rest of body due to smoking (23)
Stroke
Gum disease/tooth loss
Cancer of lips, tongue, throat, larynx, oesophagus
Narrowed arteries
CHD, heart attacks
COPD (bronchitis, emphysema)
Chest infections
Lung cancer
Stomach ulcers
Stomach cancer
Kidney cancer
Bladder cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Skin – healing, wrinkling
Osteoporosis
Impotence
Reduced fertility
Testicular cancer
Cervical cancer
Miscarriage
Gangrene
PVD
Asthma
E-cigarettes effect on oral health
Dry mouth
- Due to propylene glycol (in liquid), not experienced in cigarettes
Increase bacteria in mouth (glycerin)
Risk of soft tissue damage
Smoking cigarettes is higher risk than vaping – so better if feel unable to quit
