Health Effects
____ is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States?
What is SMOKING
a drug, such as nicotine, alcohol, or an illegal drug
What might you use to replace nicotine?
What are nicotine patches and gum.
A plant that is used to produce cigarettes and other products; contains nicotine
What is Tobacco
addictive, toxic substance present in tobacco products
What is Nicotine
Tobacco products contain what harmful and addictive chemical?
What is nicotine
a chemical in the brain that leads people to experience the same effects of nicotine use
What is dopamine
The physical or psychological need for substance or behavior
condition in which the body adjusts to a given substance, requiring increased amounts of the substance to feel an effect
What is tolerance
What is the most common type of tobacco products?
What is cigarettes
User begins to take more and more because they want to feel ___ ____ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___?
What is "the same effects as they used too"
A controversial opinion that this form of smoking, ____, is safer than cigarettes.
What are E-Cigarettes?
A method of battling addiction in which tobacco users gradually reduce their nicotine consumption
What is nicotine replacement
substances that cause cancer
What is carcinogens
On average smokers die ____ to ____ years earlier than nonsmokers?
What is 13 to 15
Irritability, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, nausea, cravings, and weight gain are symptoms of ___
What is withdrawal
What are three out of the four ways to help quit smoking?
What is 1)Attend counseling 2)Research 3)Talk to a doctor, teacher, or other adults 4)Call a helpline for free
a disease that permanently enlarges and small lung airway and destroys lung tissue, making it difficult for a person to breathe
What is emphysema
term for a group of diseases that cause difficulty breathing; includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Name three other types of tobacco besides cigarettes?
What are Cigars, pipes, hookahs, smokeless tobacco, and electronic cigarettes
What are the four stages of addiction?
What are 1)Experimentation 2)Regular use 3)Tolerance 4)Dependence and Addiction
What are three out of the four ways the government has tried to prevent smoking?
What are
1) Banning sale to anyone under 18
2) Banning smoking in public places
3) Increasing taxes on tobacco
4) Requiring warning labels on products
A condition characterized by white, leathery spots inside the mouth; may develop into oral cancer
What is Leukoplakia
The technique of avoiding situations that may lead to drug use
What is Stimulus control