HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026 06 22 Awards and Presentations 100 - Department of Health Intership Tobacco PresentationAWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS ITEM 100
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA | JUNE 22, 2026 REGULAR MEETING
TITLE
Tobacco Prevention Efforts Presentation by the Department of Health Summer
Internship Program
SUMMARY
The Department of Health Summer Internship Program will be giving a presentation
to the Commission on tobacco prevention efforts.
FUNDING SOURCE
RECOMMENDATION
N/A
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Tobacco
Education
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Cigarette Smoking is the
Leading Cause of Preventable
Death in the U.S.
Cigarette Smoking
Causes More Than
480,000 Deaths
Each Year
1 in 5 deaths.1,300 deaths, per
day.
32,300 deaths, per
year in Florida
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What is Inside a Cigarette?
•There is no ‘safe’ level of smoking
•At least 70 chemicals in cigarettes are
known as carcinogens
•Burning tobacco releases thousands of
harmful substances
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Cigarettes vs.
Vapes •A coil heats a liquid (“vape juice”)
containing Nicotine and Flavorings
•Heating the liquid creates an aerosol
that is inhaled
•Most commonly used tobacco
product among U.S. middle and high
school students
•Tobacco is burned, producing
Nicotine, Tar, Carbon
Monoxide, and others
•These chemicals are directly
inhaled in the form of smoke
•Smoking is responsible for
more than 480,000 U.S. deaths
each year
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Chronic Health Issues
from Tobacco Use
●Smoking doesn’t only affect
the respiratory system; it
harms numerous other areas
and organs
●Smoking causes function and
balance damage within the
circulatory, endocrinal, and
skeletal system
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Chronic Health Issues
from Tobacco Use
Smoking during pregnancy poses
several risks to both the mother and
the growing fetus. A heightened
chance of SIDS, a miscarriage, or a
stillbirth develops, and the baby may
be born with several birth defects or
health problems.
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Secondhand/Thirdhand Smoking
Secondhand smoke: Smoke breathed in by
people nearby when someone
SHS and THS causes disease and premature death among people who do not smoke.
SHS is inhaled from the environment.
Nicotine and toxic chemicals enter the brain.
The more SHS inhaled, the higher the levels of toxic
chemicals in the body.
Thirdhand smoke: Toxic residue from
tobacco smoke that remains on
surfaces.
THS residue remains on surfaces after smoking.
Toxic chemicals are absorbed through touch, dust,
or air.
The longer the exposure to THS, the greater the
buildup of harmful chemicals in the body.
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Where is
Secondhand/Thirdhand
Smoke a Problem?
•Homes and apartments: where
smoking occurs indoors.
•Places previously exposed to
smoke: Thirdhand smoke can
linger on walls, furniture, carpets,
clothing, and dust.
• Public areas near smokers:
Entrances, parks, and outdoor
seating areas.
•Cars and other enclosed spaces:
Smoke can quickly build up.
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Benefits of Quitting
Smoking
•Quitting smoking is one of the most important
ways to improve your life and health. Regardless of
your age or how long you have been smoking, there
will always be health benefits.
•Even though it is better and healthier to quit
earlier, it is never too late to quit smoking, even if
you smoked heavily. Quitting will always be
beneficial to your health.
•Quitting smoking will also protect others around
you, including family, friends, and coworkers, from
risks associated with breathing secondhand smoke.
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Nicotine Replacement
Therapy (NRT)
•Nicotine Replacement Therapy, or NRT, is a safe and
effective way to quit smoking by providing nicotine in a
safer way through medicine. This can be over-the-
counter (OTC) or prescribed. The purpose of NRT is to
provide nicotine in a safer way, helping people manage
cravings without being exposed to the harmful
chemicals found in cigarettes.
•Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRTs) are safer than
cigarettes because they do not contain the thousands
of harmful chemicals produced by tobacco smoke.
NRTs help reduce nicotine cravings and ease withdrawal
symptoms, making it easier for individuals to quit
smoking
•The over-the-counter NRT products, such as nicotine
patches, gum, and lozenges, give a small and steady
amount of nicotine
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References
•https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/how_to_quit/benefits/index.htm
•https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sids/conditioninfo/reduce
•https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/about.html
•https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/for-health-care-
providers/care-settings/maternal-infant/
•https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/tobacco/health-risks-of-
tobacco/secondhand-smoke.html
•https://tobaccofreeflorida.com/media-resources/infographics-fact-sheets/
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