1. What do you observe in the picture?

2. What can you say about cigarettes?

3. What us your opinion about drinking alcohol?
4. In your own opinion, what is the reason why people smoke and drink alcohol?
PREVENTION OF SUBSTANCE USE
AND ABUSE: CIGARETTES AND
ALCOHOL
 Why do cigarettes
and alcohol consider
as Gateway Drugs?
 What is gateway drug?
Is a habit-forming drug that, when consumed, gives
way to harder, more dangerous drugs.
Example:

Cigarettes Alcohol Drinks Marijuana

How would life be
different without
gateway drug?
 GATEWAY DRUGS
Gateway drugs such as cigarettes and
alcohol are legal drugs that non-drug user
might try, which can lead him/her to more
dangerous drugs such as marijuana and
shabu.
 Cigarettes and alcohol
Since cigarettes and alcohol are readily
available and generally accepted in our
society, many people use them for various
purposes. Teenagers like you are
especially vulnerable because you are
curious and risk takers.
Cigarettes
a small tube of thin paper filled with pieces of cut
tobacco that is used for smoking.
Smoking
It is the process in which a substance is burned, and
resulting a smoke is breathed in to be tested and
absorbed into the bloodstream.
Most commonly, the substance is the dried leaves of
the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a
small square of rice paper to create a small, round,
cylinder called cigarette.
Tobacco
It is a tall, leafy plant, originally grown in South and
Central America, but now cultivated throughout the
world. There are many species of tobacco but
nicotiana tabacum or sometimes called common
tobacco is preferred for producing present day
cigarette.
Nicotine
the main ingredient in cigarette it is highly addictive.
It is toxic colorless or yellowish oily liquid.
Three Types of Cigarette Smoking

1. Mainstream Smoke is directly inhaled through

the burning cigarette by the smoker.
2. Exhaled Mainstream Smoke, the smoke
breathed out by the smoker from his or her lungs.
3. Sidestream Smoke, the smoke that drifts from
the end of the lit cigarette.
Secondhand Smoke consists of exhaled
mainstream smoke and Sidestream smoke.
Thirdhand Smoke consists of tobacco residue
from cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco
products that are left behind after smoking.
Why people do not smoke…
1. It is unhealthy. It is incredibly addictive, especially when
people start in their teens
2. Makes clothes smell and teeth yellowish
3. It is draining money
4. It affects one’s state of mind. Teen smokers are more
likely to have anxiety disorders and depression
5. It affects one’s athletic ability
 Alcohol
a colorless, bitter-tasting substance that
humans have been consuming since the
ancient times.
Comes from plants that underwent
fermentation
 Fermentation
the process of extracting alcohol from a
plant or a fruit
Example: beer and wine
A beer is extracted from grains.
Wines are from grapes and other fruits.
Types of Alcohol
 Types of Alcohol
1. Isopropyl are used in laboratories and are
2. Methanol poisonous and fatal if taken
3. Ethanol is also called beverage alcohol which
comes from fruits and grains
Why is it considered a drug?
Alcohol changes a person’s PHYSICAL
and EMOTIONAL state.
Effects of Alcohol
Drinking
Effects of Alcohol Drinking
❑irritates the mouth, throat, esophagus,
and stomach
❑makes the heart work harder
❑makes the body lose heat
❑causes the liver to work harder
❑causes dehydration
Effects of Alcohol Drinking
❑loss of balance and coordination
❑impaired speech, hearing, and vision
❑intoxication, hangover, nausea
 What is intoxication and when
does it begin?

Intoxication physical and mental

changes that the body is
experiencing upon consuming
alcohol with the first drink of alcohol,
it begins to affect your brain.
 Hangover
Physical effects that give discomfort to
humans who heavily consumed alcohol.
You get a hangover because the ethanol in
the drink caused increase urine production,
leading to dehydration. Dehydration causes
headaches, fatigue, and dry mouth.
 Alcoholism
a condition when a person heavily consumes
alcohol consistently which results to
numerous body damages and malfunction.
 Why do people smoke and drink
alcohol

1.Peer Pressure
2.Curiosity
3.Media Advertisement
4.Rebellion