Alcohol Terms
the drug found in beer, wine, and liquor that causes intoxication.
What is Alcohol
sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke.
What is Tar
Tobacco _____________ heart rate and blood pressure
What is increases
Symptoms a drug user experiences when they try to stop using a drug.
What are withdrawl symptoms
Disease in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue.
What is Cirrhosis
toxic gas that keeps oxygen from getting into the bloodstream.
What is Carbon Monoxide
A smokers teeth become _______________.
What is stained/yellow.
The drug user needs more of the drug to produce the same effect
What is tolerance
The age where an individual can legally use or purchase alcohol.
What is 21
the addictive drug found in all tobacco products.
What is Nicotine
Tobacco use can lead to _______________ in the skin
What is wrinkles
The drug user has lost control of his or her drug-taking habit.
What is addiction
The first step in someone becoming addicted to a drug
What is using the drug for the first time
chemicals or agents that cause cancer.
What are Carcinogens
Smoke that people other than the smoker breath into their lungs.
What is Second Hand Smoke
Your brain is made up of millions of nerve cells called __________.
What are neurons
The physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol.
What is Intoxication
List one way that someone might try to stop smoking
What is Cold turkey, Nicotine patch, Nicotine gum ....
Smoking reduces the amount of ______________ to the brain.
What is Oxygen
The legal age to use or purchase tobacco products.
What is 18