Health

• Gateway drugs


  Legal drugs that a non-drug user might try, which can lead him/her to more dangerous drugs such as marijuana and shabu
• Gateway drugs


  • Cigarettes
  • Alcohol
• Examples of dangerous and illegal drugs

  • Marijuana
  • Shabu
• Cigarette smoking


  • Affects the respiratory system
  • Affects the circulatory system
  • Affects the reproductive system
  • Affects the skin
  • Affects the eyes
  • Increases the risk of many different cancers
• Mainstream smoke


  The smoke that a smoker directly inhales
• Sidestream smoke


  The smoke that comes out of the lighted end of a cigarette or pipe, also called second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
• Third-hand smoke


  Smoke left for a long time on sofa, beddings, pillow, and other objects
• Cigarette smoking causes environmental pollution by releasing toxic air pollutants into the atmosphere
• Cigarette butts litter the environment, and the toxic chemicals in the residues seep into soils and waterways, thereby causing soil and water pollution
• Gateway drugs


  1. Cigarettes

  2. Alcohol

  3. Marijuana
• Respiratory system


  The system primarily affected by cigarette smoking
• Gateway drugs


  Cigarettes and alcohol
• Nicotine


  The addictive chemical in smokeless tobacco and cigarettes
• High blood pressure
• Heart diseases
• Body odor
• Lung damage
• Tobacco 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 cigarettes. Tobacco use has been recorded as early as 600-900 CE as carved drawings on stones, were discovered in Mexico. American Indians smoked it for special religious occasions and medical purposes only. They never smoked cigar every day.
• Republic Act No. 9211

  The Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003, the law governing tobacco production, distribution, and use
• Important provisions of Republic Act No. 9211

  1. Smoking ban in public places

  2. Smoking prohibited in centers of youth activity

  3. Smoking prohibited in elevators and stairways

  4. Smoking prohibited in locations with fire hazards

  5. Smoking prohibited in buildings and premises of public and private hospitals, medical, dental, and optical clinics, health centers, nursing homes, dispensaries, and laboratories
• Smoking shall be absolutely prohibited in the specified public places
• Public places where smoking is prohibited

  • Public conveyances
  • Public facilities including airport and ship terminals and train and bus stations
  • Restaurants
  • Conference halls, except for separate smoking areas
  • Food preparation areas
• Minimum Age Sales


  1. Unlawful for any retailer to sell or distribute tobacco products to any minor (persons below 18 years of age)

  2. Unlawful for any person to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products from a minor

  3. Unlawful for a minor to sell or buy cigarettes or any tobacco product

  4. Unlawful for a minor to smoke cigarettes or any other tobacco products
• It shall not be a defense for the person selling or distributing that he/she did not know or was not aware of the real age of the minor
• It shall not be a defense that he / she did not know nor had any reason to believe that the cigarette or any other tobacco product was for the consumption of the minor to whom it was sold
• The sale or distribution of tobacco products is prohibited within one hundred (100) meters from any point of the perimeter of a school, public playground, or other facility frequented particularly by minors
• Chapter 2, Article 5, Section 24 of Republic Act No. 8749, also known as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 states that:

  Smoking inside a public building or an enclosed public place including public vehicles and other means of transport or in any enclosed area outside of one's private residence, private place of work or any duly designated smoking area is hereby prohibited under this Act. This provision shall be implemented by the Local Government Units.
• Isopropyl Alcohol


  Also called isopropanol or 2-propanol or rubbing alcohol
• Isopropyl Alcohol


  • More commonly finds use among physicians, who rub the poisonous substance onto surfaces, tools and human bodies for its cooling and disinfecting properties
  • Produced by combining water and propylene
  • Works well for sterilization
• Evaporation rate


  High, making it a common choice for cleaning electronics
• Everyday cleaning products


  • Isopropyl alcohol is found in
• Cosmetics


  • Isopropyl alcohol is found in, including lotions
• Isopropyl alcohol - along with other more dangerous types of alcohol-products contain bittering agents that dissuade people from drinking it
• Methyl Alcohol

  • also called methanol and wood alcohol, primarily finds use as an industrial solvent. For example, paint remover and photocopier developers make use of it. People with experience and know-how also use methyl alcohol to make other chemicals.
  • •Formaldehyde forms as a by-product of degrading methanol - some industries use this by-product to make everything from plastics to explosives. It also works to fuel internal combustion engines and keep other fuels from freezing, thanks to its high freezing point, -143.68 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Ethyl Alcohol


  Also called grain alcohol, consumed in alcoholic beverages
• Ethyl Alcohol


  • Consumed in diluted concentration, known as the proof of the alcoholic beverage
  • Able to alter mood and behaviour
• Making Ethyl Alcohol


  Brewed and distilled from grains or other plant matter with high sugar contents
• Ethyl Alcohol consumed faster than the liver can metabolize it

  Toxic
• Ethyl Alcohol


  Has uses as an industrial solvent and as a fuel additive
• People - mostly adults - consume ethyl alcohol in beverages