HUNGDUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Hapao, Hungduan, Ifugao

HEALTH 8

SELF-INVENTORY (ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?)

Number a page in your MAPEH notebook or activity sheet from 1

to 15. Read and answer each item below by writing YES or NO.
YES NO
1. Do you smoke?
2. Is there someone who lives with you, who smoke?
3. Do you have friends who smoke?
4. Are you often exposed to cigarette smoke?
5. Do you sometimes find yourself with people who smoke?
6. When people around you smoke, do you let them know
that you do not want to inhale or smell their smoke?
7. Have you tried giving disapproving look at people who
smoke to let them know that you indirectly dislike smoking?
8. Have you ever commented about someone smoking but
not directly to the smoker?
9. Have you ever asked smokers to get rid of their smoke? 10.
Have you ever asked smokers to transfer to another place so
that you would not inhale their smoke?
11. Have you ever tried moving away from a smoker who
does not listen to your appeal?
12. If you are in a vehicle and someone is smoking, do you roll
down the window or turn towards the window to avoid
inhaling smoke?
13. Have you ever tried moving away from a smoker without
asking him/ her to move away instead?
14. Will you just let smokers smoke near you, choosing to be
passive, saying nothing and doing nothing?
15. Are you afraid that if you speak out and ask a smoker to
stop smoking or move away from you, that he/ she will laugh
or get mad at you?
Assignment:
1. Answer the self-inventory sheet and paste it on your notebook.
2. Draw a cigarette stick on a bond paper. List several chemicals that is present in a
cigarette stick. Write the chemicals around the cigarette stick you have drawn.

3. Fine the meaning of these words. Use your notebook.

a. Respiratory system
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b. Gateway drugs
-example of gateway drugs
c. Nicotine
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d. Nicotiana Tabacum or Common Tobacco
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e. Mainstream Smoke
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f. Drug Tolerance
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g. Republic Act 9211 or R.A. 9211
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f. Lung Cancer

 To be passed on Monday

MARICEL I. HINADAC
Subject Teacher
Copy and answer BOX A if you are in the PASSIVE ZONE. On the other hand, copy and answer BOX B if you are in the
ACTIVE ZONE.
BOX A (PASSIVE ZONE)

1. My first step in standing up for my rights when I am in danger of being exposed to cigarette smoke is
___________________.

2. The last time I inhaled someone else‟s smoke, I became a passive smoker because _____________.

3. I will do the following steps to become more active about avoiding passive smoke: ____________________.
4. I know that the benefits of being active about avoiding smoke are _______.

BOX B (ACTIVE ZONE)

1. I will help passive smokers who are afraid to stand up for their rights to speak up for themselves on the issue of
second hand smoke by ____________________.

2. Every time a person smokes near me, I politely react by ________________.

3. The following are my ways of protecting my health from the dangers of smoke: ________________________ ___.

4. The benefits of sharing this healthy information will be __________________.

How Cigarettes Are Made and How You Can Make

a Plan to Quit
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Each day in the United States, more than 1,300 people die because of cigarette smoking, and more than 300 kids
under age 18 become daily smokers.1 In an effort to bring the number of smokers in the U.S. down to zero, on
November 17, 2016, people across the country will join the Great American Smokeout: a movement
spearheaded by the American Cancer Society, in which people across the country pledge to make a plan to quit
smoking. But for many, quitting feels like an impossible task, and unfortunately, this may be by design.

How Cigarettes are Made

We recently launched a new infographic, "How a Cigarette is Engineered," highlighting some of the reasons
quitting smoking can be difficult. It's not only because cigarettes contain the addictive chemical nicotine—
which keeps people smoking even when they don't want to be2—but also because the design and content of
cigarettes continue to make them addictive and attractive to consumers.
What exactly are you smoking when you smoke a cigarette? You inhale everything that is burned—the tobacco
filler, the paper–even the chemicals that form when the cigarette is lit. While that may be an unappealing
thought, the mix of more than 7,000 chemicals2 that smokers inhale in the smoking process is downright deadly.

Filter

Let's begin with the filter. Typically made from bundles of thin fibers, the filter is located at the holding end of
the cigarette and is meant to minimize the amount of smoke inhaled. The design of modern cigarette filters only
prevents a nominal portion of smoke from being inhaled.

Tipping Paper

Wrapped around the filter is the tipping paper, which contains small ventilation (vent) holes. The purpose of
vent holes is to allow fresh air in to mix with smoke, diluting the toxic mix of chemicals inhaled. Unfortunately,
vent holes are usually located where you would hold the cigarette, and often get blocked by your fingers or lips,
making them largely ineffective. They may also lead you to inhale more deeply, pulling dangerous chemicals
farther into your lungs.3

Cigarette Paper and Tobacco Filler

Below the filter and the tipping paper is the cigarette paper, which contains added chemicals to control how
quickly the cigarette burns.

Within the cigarette paper is the tobacco filler itself, which is comprised of chopped tobacco leaves, stems,
reprocessed pieces, and scraps. Dangerous chemicals can form in and be deposited on tobacco during
processing. What's more is that when the tobacco filler is burned, other hazardous chemicals are created and
breathed into your lungs.

Additives

Not only are chemicals created in the processing and the burning of tobacco filler, but manufacturers may also
add hundreds of ingredients to a cigarette to make smoking more appealing and mask the harsh flavor and
sensation of smoke. Flavor additives like menthol and sugar may be added to cigarettes to change the taste of
smoke and make it easier to inhale. These and other additives may make cigarette smoke more palatable, but no
less harmful. Cigarettes that are less harsh and easier to inhale may appeal to new smokers, especially
adolescents, because they are easier to smoke.4

Other chemicals may also be added to tobacco in an effort to optimize nicotine delivery and lung
absorption. Ammonia—a chemical found in cleaning products—and other additives may be added to cigarette
tobacco and may increase nicotine absorption, making cigarettes more addictive. Some additives are
bronchodilators that can open the lungs and increase the amount of dangerous chemicals that are absorbed.

A Cigarette

Given this information, it becomes clear that a cigarette is not just tobacco wrapped in paper. Its design and
content make it alluring and addictive. And when you inhale its smoke, you take in every part of the cigarette.

Make a Plan to Quit

Because the design and content of cigarettes make them addictive, quitting—an already difficult task—is that
much harder. But quitting smoking is not impossible.

The process to quit smoking can be an arduous one, both physically and emotionally, and it may take you
several tries to reach success. Today, there are more former smokers than current smokers.5 If you are a smoker,
with support and resources, you too can one day say you are a former smoker.

What’s in a cigarette?

Tobacco smoke is both toxic and addictive. Find out more about the lethal chemical cocktail inside cigarettes.

Tobacco smoke contains around 7,000 chemicals. Many of these are poisonous and over 60 are known to be
cancer causing (carcinogenic). No wonder so many smokers would like help quitting.
The chemical constituents of cigarettes include:

Nicotine

Nicotine is a colourless, poisonous alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant. It is a powerful drug, which affects
the brain and quickly becomes addictive.

Tar

‘Tar’ is the term used to describe the toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. It’s a sticky brown substance that
forms when tobacco cools and condenses. It collects in the lungs and can cause cancer.

Carbon monoxide

An odourless, colourless gas that is released from burning tobacco. When it is inhaled it enters the blood stream
and interferes with the working of the heart and the blood vessels. Up to 15% of a smoker’s blood can be
carrying carbon monoxide instead of oxygen.

Arsenic

Arsenic-containing pesticides used in tobacco farming occur in small quantities in cigarette smoke. Arsenic is
commonly found in rat poison.

Ammonia

Ammonia is a toxic, colourless gas with a sharp odour. Ammonia compounds are commonly used in cleaning
products and fertilisers. Also used to boost the impact of nicotine in manufactured cigarettes.

Acetone

Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent. Nail polish remover is a solvent, for example.

Toluene

Toluene is a highly toxic chemical. Industrial uses include rubbers, oils, resins, adhesives, inks, detergents, dyes
and explosives.

Methylamine

Chemical found in tanning lotion.

Pesticides

A number of pesticides (toxic chemicals used to kill pests, usually insects) are present in cigarette smoke. These
pesticides find their way into cigarettes because they’re used on tobacco plants as they are growing.

Polonium – 210

Radioactive element – used in nuclear weapons as well as an atomic heat source.

Methanol

Fuel used in the aviation industry.

What's In a Cigarette?
There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 7,000 chemicals. At
least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are poisonous.

Many of these chemicals also are found in consumer products, but these products have warning labels. While
the public is warned about the danger of the poisons in these products, there is no such warning for the toxins in
tobacco smoke.

Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke and other places they are found:

 Acetone – found in nail polish remover

 Acetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dye
 Ammonia – a common household cleaner
 Arsenic – used in rat poison
 Benzene – found in rubber cement
 Butane – used in lighter fluid
 Cadmium – active component in battery acid
 Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
 Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
 Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
 Lead – used in batteries
 Naphthalene – an ingredient in mothballs
 Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
 Nicotine – used as insecticide
 Tar – material for paving roads
 Toluene - used to manufacture paint