Tobacco and Chemicals
A woody, shrub like plant with large leaves that alters the brains chemistry
Tobacco
Most common form in which tobacco is used. It puts the user at risk for emphysema, heart disease, cancer, infertility, and stroke.
Cigarettes
Nicotine is a drug that is classified as a _________.
Stimulant
A process in which the body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) which is a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco smoke.
Second Hand Smoke
Capable of causing a user to develop intense cravings.
Addictive
They produce more nicotine than cigarettes. The user may develop cancer of lip, mouth, and throat.
Cigars/Pipes
Products that assist a person in breaking a tobacco habit.
Nicotine Replacement Therapies
NRT
Physical or mental need for a drug or other substance.
Addiction
Smoke that comes directly from a burning cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
Sidestream Smoke
A thick, oily, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns.
Tar
Imported cigarettes that contain a higher concentration of nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes.
Specialty Cigarettes
Bidis/Kreteks
Advertising campaigns in which a product is promoted at a store's checkout counter.
Point-of-sales-promotion
Type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.
Physical Dependence
Smoke that is exhaled by a smoker.
Mainstream Smoke
An addictive drug found in tobacco leaves and in all tobacco products.
Nicotine
Ground tobacco that is chewed or inhaled though the nose.
Smokeless Tobacco
A condition in which the passages in the lungs become swollen and irritated, eventually losing their elasticity.
Chronic Obstructed Pulmonary Disease
COPD
An addiction in which the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of a drug.
Psychological Dependence
A nonsmoker who breathes in secondhand smoke.
Passive Smoker
A poisonous colorless, odorless gas
Carbon Monoxide
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
Relapse
A disease of the heart and blood vessels.
Cardiovascular Disease
Physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance.
Withdrawal
The pressure you feel to go along with harmful behaviors or beliefs of others your age.
Negative Peer Pressure